Balancing efficiency and equity of ramp meters

Lei Zhang; David Levinson

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:6(477)

Balancing efficiency and equity of ramp meters

Lei Zhang, David Levinson

Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering

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Abstract

An efficient ramp control strategy may not be politically attractive due to its negative impacts on equity. This paper addresses this issue and presents a new objective for ramp metering-minimizing weighted travel time-which is able to balance efficiency and equity. A quasioptimization/ simulation approach is used to achieve the new objective. BEEX, a new family of control strategies with various degrees of equity consideration, are developed and used to demonstrate this approach. Journal of Transportation Engineering

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	477-481
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume	131
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:6(477)
State	Published - Jun 2005

Keywords

Ramps
Traffic management
Travel time

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