Traffic control - Theory and instrumentation [Book review]

Until recently traffic control has been limited to the use of pavement markings, signs, regulations, and fixed-time-cycle traffic lights. Only in the last decade has there been much research on the theorv of the mechanisms of traffic flow on which the design of control systems could be based. This book is a summary of most of the research that was done in this area prior to 1964. It is based on papers presented at an Interdisciplinary Clinic on Instrumentation Requirements for Traffic Control Systems held in December 1963. The editor has grouped the papers into three categories: introduction, traffic control instrumentation theory and practice, and case studies of large-scale integrated traffic control systems. A detailed review of each constituent paper is presented as part of this review.