… why ramp metering can lead to a dramatic amelioration of traffic conditions on freeways. An
… , ie, no capacity drop due to congestion. Defining the exit rate as the portion of the upstream …

… A ramp meter is a traffic signal on a freeway on-ramp that is used to regulate the flow of
vehicles onto the freeway. In … Ramp metering reduces congestion by managing traffic demand, …

… ramp metering can eliminate the congestion in and upstream of the ramp merge area, it cannot
prevent the recurrent congestion … that ramp metering potentially improves freeway safety, …

… , traffic congestion is becoming more and more serious. Now, the main control methods that
can effectively alleviate the traffic congestion problem of urban freeways are ramp metering …

… Ramp metering relieves traffic congestion, reduces delay, … effects of ramp metering on the
safety performance of the freeway … of the entrance ramps when ramp metering is activated. The …

… If the downstream station of a freeway section is congested, the traffic condition at the current
section is determined by active bottlenecks further downstream. These observations are …

… is the ramp metering rate. In this paper, we propose a new model of ramp metering based on
… of the freeway capacity, and with avoiding congestion our approach can satisfy the need of …

… This paper explores the contribution that ramp metering and tolls … Section 3 shows that
appropriate ramp metering eliminates … : (R) ramp control only; (T) one lane is tolled and ramps are …

… a freeway network by means of proper ramp metering and routing control actions. The
combination of ramp metering … paper is motivated by their high effectiveness in freeway networks. …

… A method is presented to divide the total congestion delay in a freeway section into six …
reduction in delay at bottlenecks that ideal ramp metering can achieve; and the remaining delay, …