DESIGN OF FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP MERGING CONTROL SYSTEMS
THE CENTRAL CONCEPT IN THE CONTROL OF A FREEWAY SYSTEM IS THE CONTROL OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTRANCE RAMP. THIS REPORT DEALS WITH THE CONTROL OF INDIVIDUAL ENTRANCE RAMPS-IN PARTICULAR, WITH THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS OF A GAP ACCEPTANCE MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM. THE OPERATION OF SUCH A CONTROLLER AND THE DETECTION AND DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS ARE DISCUSSED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO ALLOW THE WRITING OF FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND THE DESIGN OF A MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Buhr, Johann H
- McCasland, William R
- Carvell, James D
- DREW, DONALD R
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 137-149
- Monograph Title: Freeway traffic characteristics and control
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 279
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freeway operations; Gap acceptance; Interchange ramps; Merging traffic; Traffic control; Traffic control devices
- Old TRIS Terms: Freeway entrances and exits; Freeway ramps
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225542
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 21 1994 12:00AM