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Book Synopsis Evaluation of the Mobility Impacts of Proposed Ramp Metering and Merge Control Systems by : Michael DeGaspari
Download or read book Evaluation of the Mobility Impacts of Proposed Ramp Metering and Merge Control Systems written by Michael DeGaspari and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing demand on freeway facilities is a major challenge facing urban areas in the United States and throughout the world. Active Traffic Management (ATM) strategies can be used to increase the performance of these facilities through improved operations without the significant expenditure associated with adding capacity. One ATM strategy that has been widely deployed in the current state of practice is ramp metering, which controls the traffic demand placed on a freeway. Merge control strategies are less prevalent and largely undeveloped. This study examines the recurrently congested northbound section of Interstate Highway 35 that approaches downtown Austin, Texas. Using the VISSIM microsimulation platform, a model of this segment was developed and calibrated to reflect current peak-hour congestion. Within this model, ramp metering and merge control technologies were implemented. The impacts on traffic throughput, speed and travel time for each of these proposed systems are evaluated.
Book Synopsis Ramp Metering Status in North America by : James Robinson
Download or read book Ramp Metering Status in North America written by James Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Mobility Impacts of Temporary Ramp Metering in Work Zones by : Naghma Hassan
Download or read book Evaluation of Mobility Impacts of Temporary Ramp Metering in Work Zones written by Naghma Hassan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road maintenance has been growing in the United States and brings a variety of challenges to the transportation profession. Work zone congestion is one of the most important factors contributing to the delay and safety of freeways. Many control methodologies have been applied to work zones in order to reduce freeway congestion and delay. One means of control is ramp metering, which has been deployed since 1963 in the United States and has proven to be successful. This thesis' objective is to evaluate and simulate the effect of ramp metering on freeway work zones; traffic performance measures such as delay, speed, and number of stops are used for the evaluation. A literature review showed that a main factor contributing to the freeway work zone delay is a high percentage of commercial trucks. Due to the role of truck percentage in work zone performance, effectiveness of ramp metering in work zone control is evaluated with different truck percentages. The lane configuration for all the studied sites work zones was 2 lanes to 1 lane, because it's frequency in real-world applications. In the evaluation of ramp metering in work zones, the traffic volumes investigated were less than, equal to, and more than capacity (650vph, 1240vph, and 1854vph). Mainline (a link used for trough traffic) truck percentage and ramp truck percentage varied from 10% to 40%, and 10% to 20%, respectively. As a result, a total of 8 cases were created and simulated using VISSIM traffic simulation software.
Download or read book Ramp Metering written by E. D. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramp metering is an effective, viable, and practical strategy used to manage freeway traffic. It is a proven freeway management technique as various forms of ramp control have been in place since the 1960s in the Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles areas. Due in part to the success of these early applications, ramp metering has received increased emphasis in recent years under the umbrella of advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), a component of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). ITS America reports that there are currently more than 40 ATMS deployed, under construction, or in the planning stage in the U.S. by state transportation agencies. The future of ramp metering is also in this ITS context. Integration and interface with local street system control and other advanced ITS traffic control systems such as advanced vehicle control systems, dynamic route guidance, and advanced traveler information systems are the latest in ramp metering applications. Ramp meters are in place and working effectively on segments of I-395 and I-66 in Northern Virginia. The Virginia Department of Transportation is very much interested in the feasibility of implementing ramp metering on other segments of freeways throughout the state. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to review and synthesize the existing literature on ramp metering. Specific topics included in the review were: impacts of ramp metering, including its advantages/benefits and disadvantages/disbenefits, warrants, criteria, and guidelines for ramp metering, metering rates. Detailed information on these topics is included in the report as well as general conclusions regarding ramp metering.
Book Synopsis A Microsimulation Analysis of the Mobility Impacts of Intersection Ramp Metering by : William Jared Wall
Download or read book A Microsimulation Analysis of the Mobility Impacts of Intersection Ramp Metering written by William Jared Wall and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban freeway demand that frequently exceeds capacity has caused many agencies to consider many options to reduce congestion. A series of solutions that falls under the Active Traffic Management (ATM) banner have shown promising potential. Perhaps the most popular ATM strategy is ramp metering. Ramp metering involves limiting the access of vehicles to freeways at an entrance ramp. By doing this, freeway throughput, speeds, and travel time reliability can be increased, while the number of traffic incidents can be decreased. This study examines the application of an innovative ramp metering strategy, Intersection Ramp Metering (IRM), at a section of Loop 1 in Austin, TX. IRM implements the ramp metering function at the intersection immediately upstream of the entrance ramp, rather than on the ramp itself. A microsimulation analysis of this application is performed in VISSIM, and the results confirm that freeway throughput (+10%), and system average travel time (-14%), can be improved, as well as several other performance measures.
Book Synopsis Development and Evaluation of a Ramp Metering System on the Lodge Freeway by : Joseph A. Wattleworth
Download or read book Development and Evaluation of a Ramp Metering System on the Lodge Freeway written by Joseph A. Wattleworth and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ramp Metering Operations by : Allen R. Cook
Download or read book Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ramp Metering Operations written by Allen R. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Development and Evaluation of Selected Mobility Applications for VII by : Steven E. Shladover
Download or read book Development and Evaluation of Selected Mobility Applications for VII written by Steven E. Shladover and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report describes the development of two of the three mobility applications that PATH has developed and evaluated under the sponsorship of the FHWA Exploratory Advanced Research Program, with cost share funding provided by Caltrans Contract 65A0351. These applications are intended to use DSRC wireless communications among vehicles and between vehicles and the roadway infrastructure to improve mobility on limited-access highways. The first application combines ramp metering with variable speed limits to enhance control of traffic so that traffic flow breakdowns can be deferred or avoided at bottleneck locations. The second application uses vehicle-vehicle communication to improve the performance of adaptive cruise control systems so that they can operate safely with smaller longitudinal gaps and vehicle-roadside communication to provide adjustments to their set speed and gap settings to adapt to changes in local traffic conditions."--Abstract, p. i.
Book Synopsis Freeway Ramp Control System by : William R. McCasland
Download or read book Freeway Ramp Control System written by William R. McCasland and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Critical Assessment of the Features of Two Ramp Metering Optimization Models by : Eunmi Park
Download or read book Critical Assessment of the Features of Two Ramp Metering Optimization Models written by Eunmi Park and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Design and Synthesis of a Multilevel Freeway Control System and a Study of Its Associated Operational Control Plan by : Carroll Joe Messer
Download or read book A Design and Synthesis of a Multilevel Freeway Control System and a Study of Its Associated Operational Control Plan written by Carroll Joe Messer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation considers the mathematical modeling and implementation of a multilevel freeway control system together with a consideration of some operational alternatives and associated consequences of real-time freeway control. The control functions of the freeway control system were considered to be different levels of a multilevel control system. The various levels in the multilevel format were (1) the entrance ramp signal regulating function, (2) the ramp merging control optimizing function, (3) the ramp merging control adaptive function, (4) the freeway system optimizing function, (5) the freeway system adaptive function, and (6) the self-organizing function. The individual control functions that existed at each level were studied; and new ones were developed or modifications made to previous ones as required to effect a more efficient control system. The necessary transfer or linkage functions between levels of control were also modeled. ...
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Temporary Ramp Metering for Work Zone Safety by : Zhongyuan Zhu
Download or read book Evaluation of Temporary Ramp Metering for Work Zone Safety written by Zhongyuan Zhu and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramp metering has been successfully implemented in many states and studies have documented its positive mobility and safety benefits. However, there have been no studies on the use of ramp metering for work zones. This thesis reports the results from the first deployment of temporary ramp meters in work zones in the United States. Temporary ramp meters were deployed at seven work zones in Missouri. Due to lack of crash data, this study uses video data to extract alternative safety measures such as driver compliance, merging behavior, speed differentials, lane changing, and braking maneuvers. This evaluation suggests that temporary ramp meters should only be deployed at work zone locations where there is potential for congestion and turned on only during periods of high congestion. In comparison to over 90% compliance rates of permanent ramp meters implemented in other states, field data showed compliance rates from 40.5% to 82.9% in temporary ramp meter. This suggested that non-compliance could be a major safety issue in the deployment of temporary ramp meters. The use of a three-section instead of a traditional two-section signal head used for ramp metering produced significantly higher compliance rates. This thesis then aggregated the data into groups to further analyze the effects of different factors such as platoons, commercial trucks, work zone type and work zone-ramp configuration. After analyzing general characteristics of mainline and ramp vehicle speed and speed differentials, this study then focused on findings for different comparison groups. The two comparison groups are "between two work zones" versus "before work zone" configuration and "left-lane closed" versus "right-lane closed" work zone type. Results indicated lower mean speeds of mainline and ramp vehicles and higher differentials when ramp metering was turned on. This is expected and again temporary ramp meters are recommended only where congestion occurs. Congestion will lead to lower mainline speeds thus lower speed differentials either with or without ramp metering. Finally, analysis of merging headways showed that temporary ramp meters were effective in separating platoons before vehicles merged into mainline. This produces more single-vehicle merging which requires shorter gaps and causes fewer impacts on the mainline traffic.
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Ramp Control Algorithms Using a Microscopic Traffic Simulation Laboratory, MITSIM by : Masroor Hasan
Download or read book Evaluation of Ramp Control Algorithms Using a Microscopic Traffic Simulation Laboratory, MITSIM written by Masroor Hasan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Temporary Ramp Metering for Work Zones by : Praveen Edara
Download or read book Evaluation of Temporary Ramp Metering for Work Zones written by Praveen Edara and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramp metering has been successfully implemented in many states to improve traffic operations on freeways. Studies have documented the positive mobility and safety benefits of ramp metering. However, there have been no studies on the use of ramp metering for work zones. This report documents the results from the first deployment of temporary ramp meters in work zones in the United States. Temporary ramp meters were deployed at seven urban short-term work zones in Missouri. Safety measures such as driver compliance, merging behavior, and speed differentials were extracted from video-based field data. Mobility analysis was conducted using a calibrated simulation model and the total delays were obtained for under capacity, at capacity, and over capacity conditions. This evaluation suggests that temporary ramp meters should only be deployed at work zone locations where there is potential for congestion and turned on only during above-capacity conditions. The compliance analysis showed that non-compliance could be a major safety issue in the deployment of temporary ramp meters for under-capacity conditions. The use of a three-section instead of a traditional two-section signal head used for permanent ramp metering produced significantly higher compliance rates. Ramp metering decreased ramp platoons by increasing the percentage of single-vehicle merges to over 70% from under 50%. The accepted-merge-headway results were not statistically significant even though a slight shift towards longer headways was found with the use of ramp meters. Mobility analysis revealed that ramp metering produced delay savings for both mainline and ramp vehicles for work zones operating above capacity. On average a 24% decrease in total delay (mainline plus ramp) at low truck percentage and a 19% decrease in delay at high truck percentage conditions resulted from ramp metering.
Book Synopsis Post-installation Evaluation of the Effects of Ramp Metering in North Carolina by : Joy C. Davis
Download or read book Post-installation Evaluation of the Effects of Ramp Metering in North Carolina written by Joy C. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Ramp Meter Effectiveness for Wisconsin Freeways by :
Download or read book Evaluation of Ramp Meter Effectiveness for Wisconsin Freeways written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Advances in Road Infrastructure and Mobility by : Amin Akhnoukh
Download or read book Advances in Road Infrastructure and Mobility written by Amin Akhnoukh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 1211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on recent advances in the planning, design, construction and management of new and existing roads with a particular focus on safety, sustainability and resilience. It discusses field experience through case studies and pilots presented by leading international subject-matter specialists. Chapters were selected from the 18th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition, Dubai 2021.
