Urban Integrated Traffic Control in Glasgow

Urban Integrated Traffic Control in Glasgow, Scotland

Tom McLean¹, Colin Brader², Christina Diakaki³ and Markos Papageorgiou³

1 Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom

^{2 WS Atkins Consultants, United Kingdom
^{3 Technical University of Crete, Greece

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of Urban Integrated Traffic
Control in Glasgow, Scotland. Ramp Metering, Urban Traffic Control, and Route Advice using
Variable Message Signing are linked using the sophisticated facilities now available
within the Scottish National Network Control Centre. A control strategy has been developed
and is being evaluated which seeks to minimise delay in a mixed urban motorway and surface
street network. Initial results are presented and future work outlined.

Keywords: urban integrated traffic control, ramp metering, urban
traffic control, variable message signs, route advise.}}