DocumentCode
2396150
Title
How ramp metering system impacts merging traffics
Author
Wu, Jianping ; McDonald, Mike ; Chatterjee, Kiron
Author_Institution
Transp. Syst. Group, Southampton Univ., UK
Volume
2
fYear
2003
fDate
12-15 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
1064
Abstract
This paper reports a case study of a ramp metering system (using ALINEA control strategy) in the southeast of the UK. The specific feature of this study is that it investigated the impact of ramp metering on the detailed driving behaviour of motorists. The results reported in this paper focus on the impacts of ramp metering on the merging vehicles from slip road.
Keywords
metering; road traffic; traffic control; ALINEA control strategy; UK; driving behaviour; gap acceptance; motorist behaviour; ramp metering system; slip road; traffic merging; Area measurement; Control systems; Coordinate measuring machines; Merging; North America; Road accidents; Road vehicles; Throughput; Traffic control; Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8125-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITSC.2003.1252649
Filename
1252649
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