Improvements to Ramp Metering System in England: VISSIM Modelling of Improvements.

Author(s)
Hayden, J. Higginson, R. Hall, M. & Ubhi, S.
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Abstract

The Highways Agency has installed ramp metering at over 80 sites in England, with evaluation results showing an average 13% reduction in journey times. Despite the success of the existing system, some potential improvements have been identified. Due to the complexity of the algorithms, the improvements were modeled using the micro-simulation package VISSIM. This paper describes the method and results of the modeling. The modeling exercise has shown that all the algorithms have worked as expected. It has also shown that all the algorithms designed could provide additional performance benefits over the existing system.

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C 47113 (In: C 46669 CD-ROM) /73 /72 /71 / ITRD E852880
Source

In: ITS in daily life : proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Stockholm, Sweden, September 21-25, 2009, 8 p.

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