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

Ramp meters are installed to restrict the total flow entering the freeway, temporarily storing it on the ramps, a process called " access rate reduction.

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.

Ramp meters have been withdrawn after initial introduction in several cities, including Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.

Ramp meters were installed along Interstate 435 in Overland Park, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri in 2009, and are scheduled to go into effect on November 24, 2009.

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.

Ramp meters were, for a while, installed on the Samrand South bound, Old Johannesburg South bound and on New Road North and South bound interchanges on the N1 Ben Schoeman highway.

Ramp meters, signals on entrance ramps that control the rate at which vehicles are allowed to enter the mainline facility, provide this function ( at the expense of increased delay for those waiting at the ramps ).

Ramp meters were also added to traffic entering the Toronto-bound lanes from Ford Drive to Cawthra Road in 1975.

Ramp metering is being introduced more widely in the Netherlands after a pilot study by the AVV Transport Research Centre which concluded that ramp metering can provide a small benefit for the traffic flow on the highway, leading to a higher capacity.

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.

Similarly, " disruptive aggro " ( equivalent to Aggro-Control in the classic archetypes above ) can also stop the single threat Combo and Ramp offer while focusing on winning faster.

A major stopover for birds, it can be reached by boat from the Gilbert River Boat Ramp at RM 6 ( RK 10 ).

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.

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

The remaining islands are Bee Holme ( the insular status of which depends on the water level ), Blake Holme, Crow Holme, Birk or Birch Holme ( called Fir Holme on Ordnance Survey maps ), Grass Holme, Lilies of the Valley ( East, and West ), Ling Holme ( a rocky hump with a few trees and a growth of ling ), Hawes Holme, Hen Holme ( also rocky and sometimes known as Chair and Table Island from some old flags or slabs of stone that were formerly found there ), Maiden Holme ( the smallest island, with just one tree ), Ramp Holme ( variously called Roger Holme and Berkshire Island at different times in its history ), Rough Holme, Snake Holme, Thompson Holme ( 2nd largest ), Silver Holme.

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

Besides street skating Mike also began vert skating and often skated at Tom Groholski's ramp and The Barn Ramp, both located in New Jersey.

In addition to syndicated shows from the National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio International networks, KPCC also produces several original programs, including The Madeleine Brand Show, Air Talk, Patt Morrison and Off Ramp.

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

Ramp launching from cliffs was also attempted successfully.

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.

Ramp tolls also exist in Merrimack ( at Exits 10, 11, and 12 ) and Hooksett ( the on / off-ramps to I-93 Exit 11 / N. H.

The Denbigh Park Boat Ramp ( also known simply as Denbigh Park ) is a park located in the Denbigh area of Newport News, Virginia, USA.

RUCO printing inks ( A. M. Ramp & Co GmbH ) also has a facility here.

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

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.

These can be used for energy meters ( watt-hour meters ) or for estimating the charge of battery or capacitor.

Skilled, intensive gardening can support an adult from as little as 100 square meters of land per person,

Such devices can link computers with Bluetooth with a distance of 100 meters, but they do not offer as many services as modern adapters do.

The bridge has a maximum capacity of 50, 000 kg, is 3. 3 meters wide, and can span a gap of 18 m. By itself, the bridge weighs 6400 kg.

The soil and geography of this region can be quite varied, with altitudes ranging from 820 feet ( 250 meters ) to 2000 feet ( 610 meters ), and rolling hills producing differing macroclimates.

Datura are herbaceous, leafy annuals and short-lived perennials which can reach up to 2 meters in height.

This property allows some longer wavelengths ( 100 meters or 3 MHz ) to be reflected and results in farther shortwave radio than can be obtained by line-of-sight.

Floorball is played indoors on a rink whose size can officially vary from 18 – 22 meters wide to 36 – 44 meters long.

Determining the presence of both parts of this definition is not always straightforward, as hypoglycemic symptoms and effects are vague and can be produced by other conditions ; people with recurrently low glucose levels can lose their threshold symptoms so that severe neuroglycopenic impairment can occur without much warning, and many measurement methods ( especially glucose meters ) are imprecise at low levels.

The principal drawback of this approach is the high rate of false positive or equivocal levels due to the imprecision of the currently available meters: both physician and patient need an accurate understanding of what a meter can and cannot do to avoid frustrating and inconclusive results.

* integration with blood glucose meters: Blood glucose data can be manually entered into the pump to support the bolus wizard for calculation of the next insulin bolus.

* Ballistic knife: A specialized combat knife with a detachable gas-or spring-propelled blade that can be fired to a distance of several feet or meters by pressing a trigger or switch on the handle.

Lake sturgeon are huge fish — they can grow up to three meters long and exceed 190 kg in weight.

Very large stony objects, hundreds of meters in diameter or more, weighing tens of millions of tons or more, can reach the surface and cause large craters, but are very rare.

Males produce heavy grunting sounds that can be heard from up to 500 meters away, while females produce wail-like sounds.

The watermass can be traced around the southern end of Greenland and then, at a depth of 2000 – 4000 meters, down the coast of Canada and the United States where it turns a bit east.

Generally, outcomes are expected to be concretely measurable, that is, " Student can run 50 meters in less than one minute " instead of " Student enjoys physical education class.

Therefore, these numerical values ( such as 299, 792, 458 for the constant speed of light c expressed in units of meters per second ) are not values that a theory of physics can be expected to predict.

In the ideal scenario, when any two WPAN-equipped devices come into close proximity ( within several meters of each other ) or within a few kilometers of a central server, they can communicate as if connected by a cable.

Called " sea cows " for their grazing habits, their mild manner and resemblance to the livestock, dugongs have a life expectancy similar to that of humans and can reach lengths of up to 3 meters.