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This paper describes a traffic control system design for congestion control in freeway corridors. The system has a hierarchical structure. A corridor level control acts in a supervisory capacity dynamically allocating traffic among alternative corridor facilities, such as freeways, frontage roads and signalized arterials. A local level control then selects control parameters for the individual facilities based on the predicted usage at the corridor level. A user specified performance function is optimized in the process.
Extensive simulation testing was conducted to verify algorithm performance and evaluate potential system benefits. A prototype system named IMIS (Integrated Motorist Information System), which is based on this design, is now being implemented in Long Island, New York.
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Gartner, N.H., Reiss, R.A. (1987). Congestion Control in Freeway Corridors: The IMIS System. In: Odoni, A.R., Bianco, L., Szegö, G. (eds) Flow Control of Congested Networks. NATO ASI Series, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86726-2_7
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