DIAMOND INTERCHANGE TRAFFIC CONTROL. VOL. 8. USER'S GUIDE FOR COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL PROGRAM

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURES EMPLOYED BY THE OPERATOR IN USING THE REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE COMPUTERIZED SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH WAS DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, AND IMPLEMENTED AT WESTERN AVENUE INTERCHANGE OF THE SANTA MONICA FREEWAY. THE OPERATOR INTERFACE SECTION DESCRIBES THE COMMANDS THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED AND MESSAGES THAT CAN BE RECEIVED FROM THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM THROUGH THE TELETYPE UNIT LOCATED AT THE CONTROL CENTER. OPERATOR PROCEDURES FOR STARTING UP THE SYSTEM, INITIALIZING, RETURNING THE SYSTEM TO THE LOCAL CONTROL (BACKUP) SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM SHUTDOWN ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. THE PROCEDURES FOR RECORDING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STATISTICS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.

• Corporate Authors:

  System Development Corporation

  2500 Colorado Avenue
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90409
• Authors:
  • Stone, W H
  • Banks, T E
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Diamond interchanges; Interfaces; Operators (Persons); Real time control; Signalization; Systems; Traffic control; Traffic control devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Operator
• Old TRIS Terms: Real-time systems; Teletype systems; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225046
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-73- 57 Final Rpt., FCP 32E1-522
• Contract Numbers: FH-11-7568
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 7 1976 12:00AM