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This Transportation Research Record contains 19 papers on the subject of freeway operations and high-occupancy vehicle systems. Specific topics discussed are as follows: automated adaptive traffic corridor control; new traffic-responsive ramp-metering algorithms; validating dynamic message sign freeway travel time messages; prioritizing intelligent transport systems using risk analysis; estimating incident delay on freeways; new integrated freeway ramp control strategy; transportation and emergency services; real-time estimation of critical occupancy for maximum throughput; stratified ramp control strategy; components of congestion; simulation-based online travel time prediction system; real-time freeway incident prediction; amber alert and major catastrophe messages; flashing messages on changeable message signs; video incident detection in freeway tunnels; dual-loop detector data for estimating freeway travel time reliability; single-occupant hybrid vehicles in high-occupancy vehicle lanes; feasibility assessment of a metropolitan high-occupancy toll lane network; and safety evaluation of buffer-separated high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

English

185p

2006

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309099684

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Algorithms; Forecasting; Freeway operations; Freeways; Hazards and emergency operations; High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Incident detection; Intelligent transportation systems; Messages (Communications); Ramp metering; Real time data processing; Risk analysis; Single occupant vehicles; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic incidents; Travel time; Tunnels; Variable message signs; Video cameras

AMBER Alert

Adaptive traffic control; Buffer-separated HOV lanes; Flashing messages; Traffic throughput

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 2 2006 2:19PM

• Amber Alert and Major Catastrophe Messages on Dynamic Message Signs: Focus Group Studies in Texas
• Assessing Weather, Environment, and Loop Data for Real-Time Freeway Incident Prediction
• Automated Adaptive Traffic Corridor Control Using Reinforcement Learning: Approach and Case Studies
• Components of Congestion: Delay from Incidents, Special Events, Lane Closures, Weather, Potential Ramp Metering Gain, and Excess Demand
• Comprehensive Evaluation of New Integrated Freeway Ramp Control Strategy
• Developments and Applications of Simulation-Based Online Travel Time Prediction System: Traveling to Ocean City, Maryland
• Estimation of Incident Delay and Its Uncertainty on Freeway Networks
• Feasibility Assessment of Metropolitan High-Occupancy Toll Lane Network in Atlanta, Georgia
• Flashing Message Features on Changeable Message Signs
• Improving Minnesota's Stratified Ramp Control Strategy
• Operational Effect of Single-Occupant Hybrid Vehicles in High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes
• Real-Time Estimation of Critical Occupancy for Maximum Motorway Throughput
• Safety Evaluation of Buffer-Separated High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Texas
• Set of New Traffic-Responsive Ramp-Metering Algorithms and Microscopic Simulation Results
• Transportation and Emergency Services: Identifying Critical Interfaces, Obstacles, and Opportunities
• Using Real-Life Dual-Loop Detector Data to Develop New Methodology for Estimating Freeway Travel Time Reliability
• Using Risk Analysis to Prioritize Intelligent Transport Systems: Variable Message Sign Case Study in Gold Coast City, Australia
• Validating Dynamic Message Sign Freeway Travel Time Messages with Ground Truth Geospatial Data
• Video Incident Detection Tests in Freeway Tunnels