A DIGITAL SIMULATION PROGRAM OF A SECTION OF FREEWAY WITH ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS

A COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR THE SIMULATION OF A SECTION OF FREEWAY, INCLUDING SEVERAL EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS IS DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE TRAFFIC OPERATION UNDER DIFFERENT MODES OF ENTRANCE RAMP CONTROL: FIXED-RATE METERING, DEMAND-CAPACITY METERING, GAP- ACCEPTANCE CONTROL AND, OF COURSE, NO CONTROL. THE COMPUTER LOGIC AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUE ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. LIMITED OUTPUT OF THE PROGRAM IS PRESENTED AS EVIDENCE OF THE FEASIBILITY AND REALISM OF THE SIMULATION MODEL. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1968/230/230-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Characteristics of Traffic Flow and presented at the 47th 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:
  • Buhr, Johann H
  • Meserole, Thomas C
  • DREW, DONALD R
• Publication Date: 1968

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 15-31
• Monograph Title: Characteristics of traffic flow
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 230
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Digital computers; Freeways; Gap acceptance; Interchange ramps; Mathematical models; Traffic control; Traffic simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway entrances and exits; Freeway ramps; Metering
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227170
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM