THE ORIGINS AND GLOBALIZATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

Traffic control systems are most visible element of the urban infrastructure. They are not just physical systems, even though some of their elements fit that description. Rather, they are systems that attempt to impose a strong social control over the most fundamental of human behaviors, whether to move or be still. Traffic engineers must control police, drivers, and pedestrians. For most other elements of urban infrastructure design, controlling the behavior of users is not the primary goal of designers. This article discusses the historical development and globalization of traffic control systems and how these developments arose as traffic engineering evolved.

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  Sage Publications, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • McShane, C
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 379-404
• Serial:
  • Journal of Urban History
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0096-1442

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: History; Traffic control; Traffic control devices; Traffic engineering; Traffic engineers; Traffic safety; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signals; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urbanization
• Subject Areas: Highways; History; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792647
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 23 2000 12:00AM