New adaptive algorithms for ramp metering in England

GoToWebinar: This webinar, organised by CIHT East Midlands, will look at a successful trial of enhancements to England’s ramp metering system, bringing adaptive self-tuning algorithms into operation.

Overview

In this webinar, we will hear from Dr. Jill Hayden at Atkins, where a paper was written about a successful trial of enhancements to England’s ramp metering system, bringing adaptive self-tuning algorithms into operation.

The paper won best technical paper at the ITS World Congress 2021, out of hundreds submitted!

Ramp metering uses traffic lights on motorway slip roads to manage the vehicles entering the motorway, with the aim of improving traffic conditions, reducing congestion and increasing safety. There have been up to 100 sites in England.

Jill will present an introduction about ramp metering and how it works, what the benefits are, and what the improvements were. There will be a Q&A opportunity following the presentation.

Who is the event for?

This webinar is open to all professionals within transport and related disciplines and should be of particular interest and relevance to traffic and ITS engineers.

Why you can't miss this event

CPD opportunity.
Q&A Session and discussion - get your questions answered directly by the speakers and engage in discussion on this topic.
Overview of subject.
Case studies and new research.

Speaker

Dr. Jill Hayden, Technical Director at Atkins

Dr. Jill Hayden is a Fellow of the IET and has a PhD in Control Engineering. She is a technical leader with over 20 years' experience in intelligent transport systems, specialising in R&D, evaluation and strategy.

Jill has published and presented over 50 papers and articles, and advised government and private clients in the UK, EU and US.

Jill is a national expert in strategic road network management systems, in particular smart motorways and ramp metering. In 2005 she helped develop the algorithms for Highways England’s ramp metering system, which at the time was considered the best system in Europe. She has advised North Carolina and Wisconsin DOTs about implementation of RM systems and more recently has been involved in the procurement of an updated UK ramp metering system.

Jill is also a recognised expert in connected and automated vehicles. She has supported Highways England, DfT and others with research and strategy and recently led connected vehicle data strategy research for DfT.