Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems
Functional Design
Published on 7. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 217 pages
978-1-4899-8518-7 (ISBN)
Description
Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems: Functional Design focuses on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. It discusses the principles of top down design starting with objectives and requirements, and provides guidance for the development and evaluation of functional design alternatives according to cost effectiveness principles. It shows how transportation planning principles such as Wardrop's Laws and traffic diversion principles relate to functional ITS device selections and equipment locations. Methodologies for translating objectives to functional device types are provided. Application factors to identify device deployment densities (e.g. number of detectors per mile) as a function of traffic conditions are provided, as are evaluation models for evaluating the benefits of design alternatives based on traffic conditions. Design guidance and benefits evaluation include the following functions: (1) Non-recurrent congestion - Improvement of incident clearance time, (2) Non recurrent congestion - Incident information to motorists, (3) Recurrent congestion - Information to motorists, (4) Ramp metering, (5) Motorist service patrols.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"This book describes how transportation planning and traffic engineering principles relate to the functional design of freeway ITS (intelligent transportation systems) equipment selection and locations. The well-written work is easy to understand and includes many valuable tables, charts, examples, and photographs. Gordon has provided a good introduction to freeway performance characteristics and guidance on incident management. . Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals." (W. J. Sproule, Choice, Vol. 47 (8), April, 2010)
More details
Edition
2010 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XII, 217 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
359 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4899-8518-7 (9781489985187)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-0733-2
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2009
Springer
€117.69
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E-Book
10/2009
1st Edition
Springer
€117.69
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Person
Robert L. Gordon, P.E., has over forty years' experience in the research, design, development and management of Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is the creator of software and tool sets that assist in ITS design, assessment and management, including ALMA for automated vehicles, PlanSked for signal scheduling and Design ITS for intelligent freeway design.
Content
Cost Effective Design Processes.- Functional ITS Design Issues.- Non-Recurrent Congestion: Improvement of Time to Clear Incidents.- Nonrecurrent Congestion: Incident Information to Motorists.- Recurrent Congestion - Information to Motorists.- Ramp Metering.- Communications for ITS.- Transportation Management Centers.- Evaluation of System Design and Operation.- Compact Disk.