UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS FOR REAL TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL (PART ONE)

MORE AND MORE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS ARE BEING UTILIZED TO REGULATE TRAFFIC FLOW IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE PRACTICING TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS THEREFORE FACED WITH YET ANOTHER BODY OF KNOWLEDGE WITH WHICH HE MUST BECOME CONVERSANT IF HE IS TO STAY ABREAST OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HIS FIELD. THIS PAPER (PART ONE) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH LITTLE OR NO BACKGROUND IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE MACHINES AND HOW THEY CAN BE APPLIED TO TRAFFIC CONTROL. PART TWO OF THIS REPORT PRESENTS A DISCUSSION OF THE TWO DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY IN OPERATION IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 26-31
• Authors:
  • Pinnell, C
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Metropolitan areas; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic signal control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM