Stochastic Considerations in Freeway Operations and Control

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• Creators:
  Drew, Donald R.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Highway Department ; United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Public Roads
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Freeway Management Systems Freeway Operations Stochastic Processes Traffic Congestion Traffic Flow Traffic Queuing Traffic Surveillance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  24-5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  The objectives of this study were to: 1. Formulate and test a moving-queue model of traffic flow based on the assumption that the lengths of moving queues reflect congestion, just as stationary queues reflect congestion in classical queuing theory; 2. Describe freeway congestion quantitatively; 3. Suggest which of the traffic characteristics and parameters that reflect congestion quantitatively are capable of automatic detection, measurement and control, as a step toward automatic freeway surveillance; and 4. Generalize the results of this study to the design of future freeway facilities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-8-61-24
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd3eb1a7dd80a8d0fe4c28d842a2ad07cd744663174f28ea7e126a69450ea7500e28b1d7a21440673381e1077f8cf8867ed19a6414bd91e6ba2a8e1b3af8f5d8
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83647/dot_83647_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.14 MB ]