Minnesota's new ramp control strategy design overview and preliminary assessment

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1867, 2004, Pages 69-79

  Xin, Wuping ^a   Michalopoulos, Panos G ^a   Hourdakis, John ^a   Lau, Doug ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THROUGHPUT; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

CONTROL STRATEGY; MICROSIMULATION; RAMP CONTROL; RAMP METERS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 10944268756     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1867-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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