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Ramp meters have been withdrawn after initial introduction in several cities, including Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.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 can also contribute to decreasing ' rat running '.

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 meter signals are set according to the current traffic conditions on the road.

Ramp queues are usually quite short, lasting only 5 – 6 seconds on average before the driver may continue to the freeway.

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.

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.

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.

Ramp services are provided to Horizon Air, Delta Air Lines, Compass Airlines, United Express ( Skywest ), Delta Connection ( Skywest ), American Airlines, and United Airlines.

Ramp services are provided to Air North, British Airways, KLM, Sunwing Airlines, the RAF, as well as many ad hoc carriers.

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.

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Ramp stubs for the planned Windlass Freeway are present at the proposed west end at I-95 and Moravia Road, and at the present east end at the Southeast Freeway.

Offensive terms for Rampie / Ramper are " Ramp Rat ," " Bag Smasher ", " Bag Jockey ", " Luggage Monkey ", and " Thrower.

Ramp Agent: The people working on the ramp that are typically seen loading bags are referred to as " Ramp Agents ".

RG-12 Mk. 2 ( MARS )-Adjustable Ramp System Mobile-Mobile ramp system with extensions for rescue operations and rapid air transportation-specifically designed for North America.

* Ramp Champ — A new twist on classic boardwalk / carnival games such as Skee ball for the iPhone and iPod Touch, developed with DS Media Labs.

* Ramp may be used to temporarily lower the pressure if the user does not immediately sleep.

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.

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.

* Ramp from I-5 southbound: Just as the southbound lanes enter the lower level of the approach to the Marquam Bridge, a left exit ( which would have been 300A ) is blocked off, complete with an empty sign bridge.

Anagnostakis ' first book of poetry, Epoches ( Seasons ) was published in 1945, at which point, according to Ramp, the poet's Marxist " dream had already failed him ".

* John Sims Boat Ramp: The main boat ramp of Cedar Creek Lake located where the old Boone Rd becomes submerged.

* Cowan Road Boat Ramp: Located where Cowan Road becomes submerged off Kentucky Route 1770.

Ramp festivals may encourage harvest in unsustainable quantities.

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

The Connector continues northbound with Ramp F, which leads back to Ramp E westbound, acting as a U-turn to the Connector southbound for traffic that entered from Ramp D east.

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* ARK-Armoured Ramp Carrier was a Churchill tank without a turret that had extendable ramps at each end ; other vehicles could drive up ramps and over the vehicle to scale obstacles.

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 " and " Combo " are conceptually similar as noted above ; while the combo deck might seek to set up a combination of 2 or 3 cards for a powerful, game-changing effect, the ramp deck instead focuses on building mana as fast as possible and then casting game-changing yet expensive spells, or taking advantage of certain interactions that require the ability to supply a large manabase.

** Ramp signalling, ' drip-feeding ' merging traffic via traffic signals onto a congested motorway-type roadway

In the southbound direction, Ramp A leads towards the Downbeach and Midtown sections of the city via Mississippi Avenue, prior to merging onto the Expressway westbound.

The Connector merges onto Route 87 northbound toward Brigantine near milepost 2. 3, at which Ramp I provides access to Harrah's from Route 87.