DIGITAL COMPUTERS REV UP TRAFFIC CONTROL

EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS IS REVIEWED. REFERENCE IS MADE TO TWO OPERATING U. S. SYSTEMS, THOSE AT SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA AND WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND TO THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS IN TORONTO, CANADA. LEVELS OF CONTROL ARE DESCRIBED. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PROPOSED NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM ARE INDICATED. TRAFFIC CONTROL VIA DIGITAL COMPUTER HAS MADE MUCH MORE PROGRESS IN EUROPE. ONE COMPANY IN GERMANY HAS FIVE SYSTEMS ALREADY INSTALLED AND ELEVEN MORE ON ORDER. A BRITISH COMPANY WHICH IS DOING ABOUT AS WELL HAS INSTALLED WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE THE WORLDS MORE ADVANCED TRAFFIC SYSTEM IN MUNICH, GERMANY. THE MUNICH SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED IN SOME DETAIL. BRIEF REFERENCE IS MADE TO TWO INSTALLATIONS IN SPAIN. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 14, pp 95-100
• Authors:
  • Heumann, G W
  • Kramer, W
• Publication Date: 1967-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Control Engineering
  • Publisher: Dun Donnelley Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Digital computers; Reviews; Traffic control
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225183
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:06PM