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Title: TRAFFIC CONTROL ON A TWO-LANE, HIGH-SPEED, HIGH VOLUME FREEWAY ENTRANCE
Accession Number: 00225538
Record Type: Component
Abstract: EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SOLVE A SERIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEM RESULTING WHEN HOLIDAY-WEEKEND TRAVELERS RETURNED TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA. INTOLERABLE CONGESTION ON MEMORIAL DAY 1966 LED TO EMERGENCY MEASURES ON JULY 4TH. A FORM OF RAMP CONTROL PROVIDED PARTIAL RELIEF. ON SUBSEQUENT HOLIDAYS, MORE SOPHISTICATED PLANS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH A VARIETY OF RESULTS. THE DATA COLLECTED AND THE OBSERVATIONS NOTED PROVIDE INFORMATION ON A UNIQUE APPLICATION OF RAMP CONTROL AND AN EMERGING PHILOSOPHY IN FREEWAY AND EXPRESSWAY OPERATION. /AUTHOR/
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Freeway Operations and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410219
Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 1
Authors: Haack, HarveyMadsen, LarryNewman, LeonardSchaefer, William EPagination: pp 56-69
Publication Date: 1969
Serial: Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 16 1970 12:00AM
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