Ramp metering systems have proved to be successful in decreasing traffic congestion and improving driver safety.

Ramp metering was first implemented in 1963 on the Eisenhower Expressway ( Interstate 290 ) in Chicago by Adolf D. May, now a UC Berkeley professor.

Ramp metering has been installed in several countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands.

" Ramp metering was then introduced widely in England-Phase 1 involved the implementation of approximately 30 sites and was completed by 2008.

Ramp metering has been implemented on Autobahns in several areas in Germany, including the Rhine-Ruhr area, Munich, and Hamburg.

Ramp metering has been implemented on Tangenziale di Venezia ( A57 ) as temporary solution for the increased traffic before the definitive solution ( building of the Passante di Mestre ).

Ramp metering is being installed in Japan in the next few years to keep the flow of traffic moving in Japan.

Ramp metering is used to regulate access to a number of major roads in Sydney, including: M4 Western Motorway ( Wallgrove Road on-ramp ); the M5 East motorway ( Kingsgrove Road on-ramp ); and the citywest Link to Anzac Bridge.

Ramp metering is also used on freeways in Melbourne, including the Eastern Freeway and the Monash Freeway.

Brisbane's Pacific Motorway also uses Ramp metering on some on ramps.

Ramp metering is being installed Auckland-wide after a successful trial on Mahunga Drive, before the Mangere Bridge.

Ramp metering status in North America ( DOT-T-95-17 ).

Calhoun is home to the annual Ramp Festival in April, the West Virginia Wood Festival in June, the Bluegrass Festival in May, another Bluegrass Festival in August, the West Virginia Molasses Festival in September, and Octoberfest Celebration.

Ramp meters in Mississauga, Ontario are designed in such a way so that if the queue waiting to enter the QEW grows to the point where it may back up onto city streets, the meter is lifted and all traffic entering the highway is able to move freely without waiting for the meter.

The Ramp Creek Bridge which is located south of town at the North Entrance of the state park, and the Bean Blossom Bridge which is 10 minutes north on Covered Bridge Road.

The White Top Mountain-Mount Rogers area is home to a number of major regional festivals as well, with music a major part of the White Top Mountain Molasses Festival, the White Top Mountain Maple Festival and the White Top Mountain Ramp Festival, the latter focusing on the ramp variety of wild onion that is commonly eaten in the area.

On the highway, we see Candy waiting for Amos: " Off Ramp Exit To Paradise ," but when he eventually turns up, its only to ask her where Swallow is, as he says she's in trouble.

Exits are lettered based on their ramp letter designation, which range from Ramps A – I, skipping Ramp C. Ramp D east and west are two entrance-only ramps, and Ramp I is north of the Connector's terminus on Route 87.

Despite its sequential lettering, Ramp H merges from the Connector prior to Ramp G. The Connector is long, from the Atlantic City Expressway interchange to the northbound Connector's merge with Route 87 towards Brigantine, New Jersey.

According to the New Jersey Department of Transportation ( NJDOT ), Route 446X is long, measured from the Atlantic City Expressway interchange to the at-grade intersection with U. S. Route 30 via Ramp E. The remainder of the Connector past Ramp E toward Route 87 is not included by NJDOT as part of the route nor calculated in its total mileage.

The southbound direction of the Connector begins at the Route 87 crossing, which is followed by Ramp E, a two-way ramp towards US 30 with an intersection at Route 187.

The Ramp from I-585 Northbound to Business Loop 85 Northbound is open and the Southbound Business Loop 85 entrance is open.

Ramp meters are commonplace in the New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Columbus, and Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan areas, and they are also found in more than two dozen smaller metropolitan areas.

Signals in Auckland have found a 30 km / h average speed increase while Ramp Signals are running, and are allowing 600-650 more vehicles through motorway sections.

* Ramp: the player climbs around a half-pipe structure, trying to gain more and more height and performing tricks in the air.

The resulting fireball and flaming wreckage killed 24 United States Army paratroopers who were waiting nearby to load the transports and injured almost 100 more paratroopers in what is known as the Green Ramp disaster.

The uniform and widely spread LHIIIA: 1 pottery was originally defined by the material from the Ramp house at Mycenae, the palace at Thebes ( now dated to LHIIIA: 2 or LHIIIB by most researchers ) and Triada at Rhodes.

Ramp meters have been withdrawn after initial introduction in several cities, including Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.

She also posed for Ramp magazine after BB3, which she talked about on BB4 during the " where are they now?

* Shaw, Maria C., The bull-leaping fresco from below the Ramp House at Mycenae: a study in iconography and artistic transmission, ABSA 91 ( 1996 ).

When police later attempted entry, Philadelphia police officer James J. Ramp was killed by a shot to the back of the head.

Ramp meters are claimed to reduce congestion ( increase speed and volume ) on freeways by reducing demand and by breaking up platoons of cars.

A research project, EURAMP-European Ramp Metering Project, funded by the European Union was completed in March 2007.

Phase 2 followed and as of March 2011 there are 88 Ramp Metering sites on the 4, 500 miles of strategic highways operated and maintained by the HA.

Along with surfing, Belmar also has an active skate community and skatepark constructed by American Ramp Company.

The northbound Connector then branches off with Ramp H towards Renaissance Pointe, Borgata, and The Water Club, followed by Ramp G towards Farley Marina and Golden Nugget ( formerly Trump Marina ) via Huron Avenue.

Along with surfing, Belmar also has an active skate community and skatepark constructed by American Ramp Company.

Sponsored by the National Ramp Association, the " Ramp Fest " ( as it is locally known ) brings thousands of ramp aficionados from considerable distances to sample foods featuring the plant.

* Ramp, a 1991 album by Giant Sand

* Ramp ( fashion ), or runway or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show

The comedian Ruby Wax has also attacked the charity, by opposing the building of a Disability Ramp which would allow disabled access to the gallery.

Songs by the band include " S & M ", " Destroy The Fad " & " Russell's Ramp ".

Mount Sanford was first climbed on July 21, 1938 by noted mountaineers Terris Moore and Bradford Washburn, via the still standard North Ramp route up the Sheep Glacier.

Ramp suggests that the poet's lack of recognition outside of Greece can be attributed to the fact that Anagnostakis ' poetry is politically " committed ", but agrees that the poetry is not influenced by surrealism.