GUIDELINES FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION OF RAMP CONTROL SYSTEMS

This report is intended as a guide to designers of ramp metering control systems. It is aimed at the working traffic engineer who has had a minimum of freeway operations experience. The emphasis is on practical and proven techniques, not on research or on experimental procedures. As a first step, the report provides guidance in determining whether a proposed metering system is potentially effective. Assuming that cost and related criteria are met, guidelines are given for the design, implementation, and operation of systems using three types of metering: Pretimed, Locally Actuated, and Centralized;Interconnected. Multiple-System Metering is also treated briefly. A final chapter cites the benefits and costs of ramp metering at a number of existing locations and describes techniques for a specific benefit- cost study.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report prepared for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board.
• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford Research Institute

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025
• Authors:
  • Masher, D P
  • Ross, D W
  • Wong, P J
  • Tuan, P L
  • Zeidler, H M
  • Petracek, S
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 537 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Control systems; Design; Freeway operations; Guidelines; Implementation; Interchange ramps; Ramp metering; Traffic engineering
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131414
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 3-22
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM