APPROACH TO REAL-TIME DIVERSION OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

In Dallas, Texas, on July 4, 1976, freeway traffic bound for a fireworks display was diverted to an alternate arterial route. The object was to validate primary candidate messages and displays resulting from extensive laboratory studies of human factors. Two primary candidate messages were displayed at alternate times on matrix signs located on the Central Expressway. The first message caused 56.2 percent of the traffic to divert and the second 43.8 percent. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Weaver, Graeme D
  • Dudek, Conrad L
  • Hatcher, Donald R
  • Stockton, William R
• Conference:
  • 56th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1977-1-24 to 1977-1-28
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 57-61
• Monograph Title: Highway capacity, traffic flow, and traffic control devices
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 644
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver information systems; Human factors; Real time control; Real time data processing; Traffic diversion; Traffic flow; Traffic signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183543
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309026733
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 3 1978 12:00AM