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CEE501 Rec1 2015 Ramp Metering Problem

This document describes a linear freeway model with 4 entry ramps and provides peak hour traffic volumes and flow-density relationships for each section. The objective is to determine ramp metering rates that maximize throughput while maintaining minimum speeds of 35 mph in sections 1, 3, and 4 and 30 mph in section 2. It also asks to determine rates if the demand at section 2 is reduced to 100 vehicles per hour.

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CEE501 Rec1 2015 Ramp Metering Problem

This document describes a linear freeway model with 4 entry ramps and provides peak hour traffic volumes and flow-density relationships for each section. The objective is to determine ramp metering rates that maximize throughput while maintaining minimum speeds of 35 mph in sections 1, 3, and 4 and 30 mph in section 2. It also asks to determine rates if the demand at section 2 is reduced to 100 vehicles per hour.

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CEE 501 Recitation 1: Ramp Metering (A Linear Modeling Example)

Below is a stretch of the freeway consisting of a mainline (broken into 4 sections, plus an
upstream section) and 4 entry ramps and 3 exit ramps that are the main means of access to and
from the six nodes (labeled 0,1,2,3,4,5) depicted as 8-pointed banners in the figure:
Upstream
Section

Section 4
Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Direction of Flow

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Question
Determine ramp metering rates for entry ramps 1,2,3, and 4 that will maximize the total
number of vehicles served (i.e., maximize throughput in the system) while guaranteeing that
the speed along sections 1, 3 and 4 will not be less than 35 mph, and the speed along section
2 will not be less than 30 mph, during the peak hour.
Peak hour volumes to and from the various nodes are given in the table below:
Design Hour Flows (vph)
To
From
Node

Node

Totals

N.A.

N.A.

230

230

230

3,910

4,600

N.A.

N.A.

200

40

80

480

800

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

60

30

510

600

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

80

720

800

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

600

600

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

430

330

420

6,220

7,400

Totals

N.A. = Not Applicable


Assume that the minimum practical ramp metering rate is 180 vph (i.e., metering headways
greater than 20 seconds will not be tolerated by motorists).
Question 2:
If the demand at Section 2 is reduced to 100, i.e., D2=100. Determine ramp metering rates for
entry ramps 1,2,3, and 4.
The flow-density relationships (fundamental diagrams) for each of the labeled sections are
given in the accompanying Figures.:
Section 1 Flow Density Relationship
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5000

Volume (vph)

4000

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1000

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0

50

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350

400

Density (vpm)

Section 2 Flow Density Relationship


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Section 3 Flow Density Relationship


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Section 4 Flow Density Relationship


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