The Development of an Automatic Freeway Merging Control System

Details

• Creators:
  Drew, Donald R. ; McCasland, William R. ; Pinnell, Charles ; Wattleworth, Joseph A.
• 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:
  • Automatic control
  • Control systems
  • Development
  • Freeways
  • Merging traffic
  • Ramps
  • Theory
• Publication/ Report Number:
  24-19
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This paper presents the operational aspects of the merging control equipment in use at the Telephone Road interchange on the inbound Gulf Freeway. The equipment is being used to evaluate several control theories but has not been installed for a period of time sufficient to allow a report on the comparison of theories at this time. This comparison of theories will be reported later. This paper presents only a discussion of the equipment operation and some general observations regarding the traffic operation under the different Modes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-8-61-24
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84027/dot_84027_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.01 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44525dfd3f4b35ac563d0e184c99395a76af8767c42082225bba9610c3267b2f4b97db3657e22889400e3418236514e22b51140d381fb09d8e73172620d0904e