Abstract
California currently has three major ramp metering systems: 1) San Diego Ramp Metering System (SDRMS), 2) Semi-Actuated Traffic Management System (SATMS); and, 3) Traffic Operations System (TOS). This report describes a study which focused on developing a user-friendly Integrated Ramp Metering design and evaluation Platform (IRMP) that uses the Paramics simulator to provide a comprehensive set of performance measures for evaluation studies. The report first describes the framework of the IRMP. It next summarizes the detector placement in California for ramp metering applications. Following a detailed description of the SATMS, SDRMS, and TOS ramp metering systems, the report then summarizes and compares these existing ramp metering systems. Potential metering algorithms such as ALINEA and SWARM are also discussed. Finally, the report describes how to implement IRMP and includes the user manual for IRMP.