Journal article
Impacts on Traffic Diversion Rates of Changed Message on Changeable Message Sign
Abstract
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has installed 27 changeable message signs (CMSs) strategically upstream of express–collector transfer locations on Highway 401 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Motorists are informed by the CMSs of traffic conditions downstream of the transfer location to help them decide whether to take the next transfer. Loop detectors are installed at the transfer locations to measure traffic flow. The dynamic impacts of …
Authors
Foo S; Abdulhai B; Hall FL
Journal
Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2047, No. 1, pp. 11–18
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
1 2008
DOI
10.3141/2047-02
ISSN
0361-1981