VOLUME VI - PRELIMINARY STUDIES

THE PURPOSE WAS TO COMPILE ANALYSES, STATISTICS, AND OTHER MATERIAL WHICH WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE TO RAYTHEON COMPANY IN THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM. EFFECTIVE METHODS OF INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM TO THE PUBLIC ARE INCLUDED. VOLUME I PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION ON VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING VEHICLE TYPE USAGE, DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT, POWER, ACCELERATION, AND DECELERATION. VOLUME II ANALYZES AVAILABILITY, STABILITY, AND ACCEPTABILITY OF GAPS IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. VOLUME III DISCUSSES EFFECTIVE METHODS NEEDED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS. VOLUME IV PROVIDES DATA ON THE STABILITY OF FREEWAY VEHICLE VELOCITIES AND DESCRIBES THE METHODOLOGY USED IN DEVELOPING THESE DATA. VOLUME V DISCUSSES SEVERAL TECHNIQUES OF FREEWAY CONTROL AND DESCRIBES SEVERAL EXISTING FREEWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS. VOLUME VI PRESENTS A STUDY OF TRAFFIC CHRACTERISTICS EXISTING AT THE SELECTED WOBURN SITE PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM. TRAFFIC VOLUME, ACCIDENTS, GAP ACCEPTANCE, AND TRAVEL TIME ARE ALSO STUDIED. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Raytheon Company

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  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Design; Freeways; Gap acceptance; Governments; Merging control; Methodology; Stability (Mechanics); Traffic; Traffic crashes; Traffic volume; Travel time; Vehicles; Velocity
• Old TRIS Terms: Merging control system; Public
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224986
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM