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Road traffic control method and traffic facilities

  • US 20060155427A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2004
  • Published: 07/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A traffic control method, comprising a road installed or vehicle installed platoon line up release control device, and assisting platoon control related traffic signs, markings, isolation facilities, passage device facilities, guidance instruction to control each direction or a certain direction, entire or partial vehicle flow of motorized vehicle and non-motorized vehicles, in intersection and road segments, using control method of having at least a period of time for multi-directional multi-lane or multi-segment or multi-point vehicle flow simultaneous platoon line up platoon or one at-a-time line up platoon according under process procedure of predetermined or automatic sensing adjustment to optimize and intelligent, to line up to a certain orderly platoon lines that have variable platoon shape, platoon order, platoon volume, platoon speed, so as to realize traffic flow continuous platoon line up passage or non-continuous platoon line up passage of no crossing multi-lane or little crossing multi-lane;

  • there are three main types of control methods, which are road segments having dynamic platoon carried out, fixed area platoon line up of platoon line up area provided at intersection and road segment, and combined platoon line up combining the above two methods;

    wherein the above mentioned vehicle “

    platoon”

    includes all distribution form of vehicle line.

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