THE OPERATION OF URBAN MOTORWAY RING ROADS AND THEIR ANCILLARY NETWORK

L'EXPLOITATION DES VOIES RAPIDES PERIURBAINES ET DE LEUR RESEAU ASSOCIE.

This article examines the problems of traffic flow, safety, comfort and environment, which arise on urban motorway ring roads and their ancillary network. The means of solving these problems are two fold: (1) "static" equipment such as safety fences, lighting, traffic signs and signals; and (2) "dynamic" electronic equipment consisting of a traffic control system which gives an instantaneous knowledge of traffic conditions and possible incidents, warns the road user especially by means of variable signs, and sets into motion methods of dealing with incidents or accidents observed. This system should prove a valuable aid to the police whose task it is to supervise the operation of the network. The experience in this field is limited in France and other countries, the equipment being at the design or testing stage. Several "operation corridor" are being set up in the Paris region and in various regions in France. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Revue Generale des Routes

  9 rue Magellon
  Paris,   France 
• Authors:
  • POULIT, J
  • Durand, J L
  • LEDRU, M
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 514 p.
• Serial:
  • REVUE GENERALE DES ROUTES ET DES AERODROMES

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beltways; Comfort; Digital computers; Environment; Fences; First aid; Freeways; Guardrails; Networks; Roads; Safety; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Travelers; Urban areas; Urban highways; Variable message signs; Variables
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Safety fence (Excludes guard rail); Traffic control systems
• ITRD Terms: 8673: Digital computer; 2175: First aid; 2752: Motorway; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 1686: Safety fence; 654: Traffic control; 553: Traffic sign; 313: Urban area; 9086: Variability
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159735
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic, ANALYTIC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM