Samenvatting
Due to an increase in traffic demand, there are many traffic accidents and constant traffic jams in the cities of Japan. The present traffic control systems which are used in each prefecture were reconsidered and the next generation traffic control system was developed making use of the latest intelligence networks. MODERATO is a real-time signal control system that is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion, distributing traffic, and reducing the number of traffic accidents. MODERATO is applicable to all traffic conditions, from undersaturation to oversaturatioon. (A*)