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Class 26 - 24 April 2007
Objectives for today:
- Howard Cooley lecture/Chapter 16
signalized intersections
- Preview of Exam 3
Topics:
Exam preparation
Examination 3 will be given on Thursday, April 26th. The exam
will test your abilities to accomplish the following tasks:
- Understand the parameters given in
the NTCIP 1202 phase table and how these parameters are used to
define the timing plan.
- Interpret a precedence graph for
representing the timing and sequencing of phases.
- Represent the timing of a phase
and the resulting status of displays based on the sequence of
detector calls and given timing data.
- Determine the passage time given
observed headways in a traffic stream, a desired maximum acceptable
headway, and the length of the detection zone.
- Compute the variable initial
interval given volume/density parameters.
- Explain the gap reduction process
for volume/density control.
Research paper:
Due today:
4. Submit the first draft of your paper by April 24 (Class 26).
Class notes:
Slides.
Questions on today's class:
None.
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