IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADVISORY SPEED ALGORITHM IN TRANSYT

Dynamic advisory speed signs which display speeds at which motorists can travel smoothly through downstream signalized intersections appear to offer benefits to both the national economy and the driver. Modifications to the traffic simulation program TRANSYT have enabled some of these benefits to be quantified on a typical urban road network. Provided that the greater proportion of motorists obey the signs it is shown that fuel consumption can be reduced by as much as 13% and the total number of stops by up to 38%.

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• Authors:
  • Leersum, J van
• Publication Date: 1985-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 207-217
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 19A
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Economic benefits; Fuel consumption; Speed control; Traffic delays; Traffic simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Advisory speed
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451883
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 163
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM