Keywords
Express highways, Traffic flow
Abstract
This report analyzes freeway data from a moving merge control system in Tampa, Florida. The distribution of velocity at sensors in the roadway is plotted and compared to a normal distribution. The size of the gaps at each sensor are computed and compared to those at a sensor downstream. The distributions of the change in gap size are plotted for all gaps and then for gaps between the same pairs of vehicles, to determine the effects of prohibiting lane changing. The expected time of arrival of the gaps at a point downstream are computed, compared to the actual time of arrival, and distributions of the change in arrival times are plotted. Several algorithms are considered for scheduling ramp vehicles to intercept the gaps observed at a given sensor and compared to the actual time of arrival of the gaps at the merge point. The percentage of each gap available to the merging vehicle is computed and the distribution plotted for each algorithm.
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Graduation Date
1975
Advisor
Klee, Harold
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Degree Program
Engineering
Format
Pages
79 p.
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0012687
Subjects
Express highways, Traffic flow
STARS Citation
Lane, Lyn Evalyn, "The Effects of Gap Stability on Entrance Ramp Merging" (1975). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 162.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/162
Contributor (Linked data)
Klee, Harold [VIAF]
Klee, Harold [LC]
University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]
Collection (Linked data)
Accessibility Status
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