ELECTRONIC AIDS FOR FREEWAY OPERATION

THE WAYS IN WHICH ELECTRONIC AIDS COULD BE USED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE AND CONDITIONS ON FREEWAYS ARE CONSIDERED. SOME DETAILS OF THE TYPES OF DETECTORS, DATA TRANSMISSION, MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND METHODS OF CONTROL ARE GIVEN. COMPLETE CONTROL SYSTEMS ALREADY IN OPERATION OR BEING INSTALLED ARE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. THE POSSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF THE USE OF ELECTRONIC AIDS, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS, ARE DISCUSSED. PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ARE MADE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: USE OR RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN LANES, CONTROL OF SPEEDS OR HEADWAYS, PREDICTIVE INFORMATION BEFORE USING THE FREEWAYS, RAMP METERING AND CORRIDOR CONTROL. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

  Road Research Group, 2 Rue Andre-Pascal
  Paris,   France  75775
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Electronic equipment; Freeway operations; Social factors; Traffic flow
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic devices
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226106
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 63 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 20 1971 12:00AM