PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS HELD AT BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 6-9, 1979. VOLUME 2A: KEYNOTE ADDRESSES; CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES

Contents: A local traffic control policy which automatically maximizes the overall travel capacity of an urban road network; Capacity and timing calculation methods for signalized intersections; A new method of traffic-responsive control of traffic signals; Algorithms for the computer control of urban traffic; Assessment by observation and by simulation studies of the interest of different methods of bus preemption at traffic lights; Strategic concepts in residential neighborhood traffic control; A systematic approach to the derivation of driver information requirements in work zones; Current research in planning work zone traffic control; Advance treatment of no-passing zones for safety; Strategies and effectiveness of traffic control systems on freeways in the Federal Republic of Germany; Self-sufficient control of speed on freeways; Reducing travel time by freeway ramp metering especially when peak traffic demand exceeds corridor capacity; Automatic incident detection; and Incident detection in Europe.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB80-105091, and Volume 2B, PB80-180698. Sponsored in part by Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC. Also pub. as ISSN-0192-4117.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies Library
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 320 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Bus priority; Conferences; Demand; Freeways; Highway capacity; Networks; Peak hour traffic; Residential areas; Roads; Signalized intersections; Traffic control; Traffic safety; Traffic signal timing; Traffic simulation; Traffic speed; Transportation corridors; Travel time; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314021
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-P-79-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 1981 12:00AM