Title :
SCOOT : a traffic database
Author :
Hounsell, N.B. ; McLeod, F.N. ; Burton, P.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The SCOOT traffic responsive urban traffic control system has been installed in over 30 towns and cities in the UK and overseas. The primary purpose of SCOOT is the optimisation of signal timings in a network according to current traffic conditions to reduce overall traffic delay. However, in the process of optimisation SCOOT´s traffic model provides a wealth of traffic information which is potentially useful for a variety of purposes. The paper describes a study carried out by the Transportation Research Group (TRG) of Southampton University for the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) into the development and production of a SCOOT traffic database, aimed at realising the potential of the data within SCOOT systems
Keywords :
database management systems; road traffic; signalling; traffic computer control; SCOOT; Southampton University; Transport and Road Research Laboratory; road traffic computer control; signal timings; signalling; split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique; traffic database; traffic information; urban traffic control system;
Conference_Titel :
Road Traffic Control, 1990., Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
