PEGASUS - TEXAS' CORRIDOR CONTROL CONCEPT

To help to reduce traffic congestion on roads in Texas, by more efficient methods of traffic management, the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation has developed PEGASUS (People, Goods and Services Urban System). PEGASUS a distributed intelligence system, is described. The roles of PEGASUS in terms of three major elements of traffic management: surveillance, analysis and control is outlined. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 832076.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Engineering Foundation

  United Engineering Center, 345 E 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Derr, R
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 227-34
• Serial:
  • TRAFFIC CONTROL METHODS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH NG FOUNDATION CONFERENCE, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNI
  • Publisher: Engineering Foundation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access roads; Computer programs; Data collection; Digital computers; Electronics; Highway capacity; Surveillance; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals; Transportation corridors
• ITRD Terms: 435: Access road; 643: Capacity (road, footway); 632: Congestion (traffic); 1116: Corridor (transp); 8623: Data acquisition; 8673: Digital computer; 6965: Electronics; 8645: Software; 9101: Surveillance; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00607196
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-939204-41-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM