TRAFFIC CONTROL ON A TWO-LANE, HIGH-SPEED, HIGH VOLUME FREEWAY ENTRANCE

EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SOLVE A SERIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEM RESULTING WHEN HOLIDAY-WEEKEND TRAVELERS RETURNED TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA. INTOLERABLE CONGESTION ON MEMORIAL DAY 1966 LED TO EMERGENCY MEASURES ON JULY 4TH. A FORM OF RAMP CONTROL PROVIDED PARTIAL RELIEF. ON SUBSEQUENT HOLIDAYS, MORE SOPHISTICATED PLANS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH A VARIETY OF RESULTS. THE DATA COLLECTED AND THE OBSERVATIONS NOTED PROVIDE INFORMATION ON A UNIQUE APPLICATION OF RAMP CONTROL AND AN EMERGING PHILOSOPHY IN FREEWAY AND EXPRESSWAY OPERATION. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1969/279/279-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Freeway Operations and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Haack, Harvey
  • Madsen, Larry
  • Newman, Leonard
  • Schaefer, William E
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 56-69
• Monograph Title: Freeway traffic characteristics and control
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 279
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Expressways; Freeway operations; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Interchange ramps; On ramps; Speed; Traffic control; Traffic volume; Two lane highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway entrances and exits
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225538
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 16 1970 12:00AM