Traffic signal retiming practices in the United States
By: consultant, Robert L. Gordon
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- 409; Synthesis of highway practice -- 409.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780309143172
Subjects: Traffic signs and signals; Automatic timers; Control systems; Traffic signal timing; Electronic traffic controls
Description: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 409: Traffic Signal Retiming Practices in the United States explores practices that operating agencies currently use to revise traffic signal timing. The report examines the processes used to develop, install, verify, fine-tune, and evaluate the plans--
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

"A synthesis of highway practice."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-54).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NCHRP project 20-5, topic 40-10
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction and Research Methodologies; title: Ch. 2. Signal Timing Policy, Management, And Planning; title: Ch. 3. Network Treatments; title: Ch. 4. General Signal Timing and Retiming Considerations; title: Ch. 5. Requirements For Signal Retiming; title: Ch. 6. Methodologies For Field Implementation of Timing Plans; title: Ch. 7. Personnel Resources And Cost For Implementation of Signal Timing Plans; title: Ch. 8. Performance Measures; title: Ch. 9. Evaluation of Signal Timing Performance; title: Ch. 10. Barriers To Implementation of Signal Retiming Plans; title: Ch. 11. Methods for Increasing Resources for Retiming; title: Ch. 12. Conclusions.