UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS FOR REAL TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL /PART 2/

THIS REPORT IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES DESCRIBING THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS. WHEREAS PART ONE DESCRIBED COMPUTER HARDWARE IN GENERAL AND SOME OF THE SIMPLER CONCEPTS OF THEIR OPERATION, THIS PART DESCRIBES TWO COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN USE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THESE TWO LOCATIONS WERE CHOSEN BY THE AUTHOR AS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE, BUT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF COMPUTER TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT ARE LIKELY TO EVOLVE DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE SYSTEMS AS VIEWED FROM PERSONAL VISITS BY THE AUTHOR. /AUTHOR/ REFERENCES: UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS FOR REAL TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL (PART ONE), CHARLES PINNELL, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, VOL. 38, PP. 26-31, JUNE 1968.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 34-40, 42
• Authors:
  • Pinnell, C
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Digital computers; Highway traffic; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems; Vehicular traffic
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227183
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM