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Ramp Metering: A Proven, Cost-Effective Operational Strategy—A Primer
Posted: 1/26/2015

This primer poses ramp metering as a potential tool to address commonly occurring congestion and safety issues. Despite initial opposition and skepticism from various stakeholders, ramp metering has been deployed, sustained, and even expanded in many regions. This primer incorporates recent research on challenges agencies experience during their attempts to deploy or expand ramp metering in their regions.

URL: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop14020/index.htm


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