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  title info:
    title: Feasibility of the design of dual-lane ramp meters in Texas
  name:
    name part: Butorac, Marc A. (Marc Allen)
    name part: 1970-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: remote
    extent: x, 138 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: analyses and evaluations, the design and operation of a dual-
  abstract: area compared to traditional single-lane ramp meters. The
  abstract: As recurrent congestion and the number of vehicles on urban
  abstract: conceptual dual-lane ramp meter design was examined both
  abstract: configuration was deemed feasible.
  abstract: demonstrate the traffic control and operational flexibility
  abstract: design and construct a dual-lane ramp meter on a frontage
  abstract: established evaluation criteria. This evaluation included
  abstract: established that could be used to determine the feasibility
  abstract: evaluation, a comparative analysis of single-lane and dual-
  abstract: existing and proposed ramp meter configurations and to
  abstract: feasibility of designing and operating dual-lane ramp meters
  abstract: freeways in Texas have increased, the ability to effectively
  abstract: have increased operational flexibility and available storage
  abstract: Houston. These evaluation criteria included the ability to
  abstract: in a safe and efficient manner. This assessment included a
  abstract: lane ramp meter on a frontage road/freeway slip-ramp
  abstract: lane ramp meters, and a microscopic simulation analysis. The
  abstract: management strategy. Based on an analysis of existing
  abstract: meter a wide-range of on-ramp demand volumes and manage
  abstract: meter traffic using single-lane ramp meters has deteriorated.
  abstract: microscopic simulation analysis was used to compare the
  abstract: of operating a dual-lane ramp meter at a study site in
  abstract: of the dual-lane ramp meter design strategy. Based on these
  abstract: on frontage road/freeway slip-ramps commonly found in Texas
  abstract: operational elements necessary to operate this freeway
  abstract: operations, three primary evaluation criteria were
  abstract: Other state departments of transportation experiencing
  abstract: primary objective of this research was to evaluate the
  abstract: qualitatively and quantitatively with respect to the three
  abstract: queues within the on-ramp queue storage reservoir without
  abstract: ramp meters to address the increased demand volumes and
  abstract: requirements and economic considerations; the ability to
  abstract: review and analysis of the geometric, traffic control, and
  abstract: road/freeway slip-ramp configuration that adheres to the
  abstract: similar conditions have developed and implemented multi-lane
  abstract: single-lane ramp meter traffic control parameters and
  abstract: spill-backs occurring on the adjacent frontage road. The
  abstract: Texas Department of Transportation's engineering and safety
  abstract: the analysis of the geometric design and construction
  abstract: variable on-ramp arrival patterns. These multi-lane systems
  abstract: various arrival-type patterns; and the ability to contain
  note: by Marc Allen Butorac.
  note: "Major subject: Civil Engineering".
  note: Vita.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
  note: M.S. Texas A&M University 1997.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Major civil engineering
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1997-THESIS-B88
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    location:
      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1997-THESIS-B88
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 980203
    record change date: 20220103134539.0
    record identifier: in00001396442