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Feasability analysis of ramp control systems, a simulation approach
- Date Issued:
- 1975
- Abstract/Description:
- Florida Technological University College of Engineering Thesis; The ever increasing traffic congestion being experienced on urban freeways has caused attention to be focused on methods for improving traffic operations on these facilities. The reduction or elimination of freeway congestion can be handled in two basic ways: 1) by increasing the freeway's capacity defined as the number of vehicles per unit time that can pass a given point in one lane of the freeway multiplied by the number of lanes on the freeway, or 2) by decreasing the traffic loads imposed on these freeways. Monumental costs and adverse public relations are involved in the construction of either new freeways or additional lanes in urban areas to increase freeway capacity. Due to these factors, the move in recent years has been toward decreasing traffic loads to accomplish the goals of reduction or elimination of freeway congestion. In an effort to combat the freeway congestion, traffic researchers have devoted much time and effort to the theoretical and practical aspects of systems in which controlled access is utilized to prevent or reduce congestion caused by traffic demands in excess of freeway operational capacity. Such systems perform the function of 'freeway surveillance and control'. An important aspect of these systems is the control mechanism used for the regulation of the ramp traffic to the freeway. This topic of ramp metering is the subject of this report.
Title: | Feasability analysis of ramp control systems, a simulation approach. |
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Name(s): |
Popkin, Henry Allen, Author Klee, Harold, Committee Chair Engineering, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 1975 | |
Publisher: | Florida Technological University | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Florida Technological University College of Engineering Thesis; The ever increasing traffic congestion being experienced on urban freeways has caused attention to be focused on methods for improving traffic operations on these facilities. The reduction or elimination of freeway congestion can be handled in two basic ways: 1) by increasing the freeway's capacity defined as the number of vehicles per unit time that can pass a given point in one lane of the freeway multiplied by the number of lanes on the freeway, or 2) by decreasing the traffic loads imposed on these freeways. Monumental costs and adverse public relations are involved in the construction of either new freeways or additional lanes in urban areas to increase freeway capacity. Due to these factors, the move in recent years has been toward decreasing traffic loads to accomplish the goals of reduction or elimination of freeway congestion. In an effort to combat the freeway congestion, traffic researchers have devoted much time and effort to the theoretical and practical aspects of systems in which controlled access is utilized to prevent or reduce congestion caused by traffic demands in excess of freeway operational capacity. Such systems perform the function of 'freeway surveillance and control'. An important aspect of these systems is the control mechanism used for the regulation of the ramp traffic to the freeway. This topic of ramp metering is the subject of this report. | |
Identifier: | CFR0003522 (IID), ucf:52998 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
1975-01-01 M.S. Engineering Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the John C. Hitt Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. |
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Subject(s): |
Electronic traffic controls Express highways Traffic flow -- Mathematical models |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003522 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public | |
Host Institution: | UCF |