Title :
Ramp metering development in a UK context
Author :
Gould, Christopher ; Rayman, Nanu ; McCabe, Keith ; Schofield, Mike ; Herman, Filip ; Munro, Paul ; MacDonald, Mike ; Sultan, Beshr ; Papageorgiou, Markos
Author_Institution :
Highways Agency, UK
Abstract :
The article discusses operational experience and assessment work during 2002/2003, in particular the approach to ramp metering now operating on the M6 motorway in the UK Midlands, and further work associated with the ramp metering business case. Ramp metering is a traffic control system which uses traffic signals on the entry slip road (or ´ramp´) to control the traffic joining the motorway from the slip road.
Keywords :
automated highways; government policies; road traffic; M6 motorway; UK Midlands; assessment work; operational experience; ramp metering business case;
Conference_Titel :
Road Transport Information and Control, 2004. RTIC 2004. 12th IEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-386-2
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20040021
