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Ramp meters have been withdrawn after initial introduction in several cities, including Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.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 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 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 signalling, ' drip-feeding ' merging traffic via traffic signals onto a congested motorway-type roadway

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

Ramp Metering on the A19 in Middlesbrough.

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.

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 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 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 signalling on North Western to Northern connection in Auckland.

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

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.

Image: Fritch Fortress Boat Ramp. jpg | Fritch Fortress boat ramp on Lake Meredith

The band ( with the exception of Vedder ) performed in Seattle at the Off Ramp Café on November 13, 1990.

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.

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

File: Asquith railway station platform 2 entrance. jpg | Ramp leading to platform 2

File: Macquarie fields railway station ramp entrance. jpg | Ramp entrance

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.

* 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.

Storage, mixing, loading, and washing areas and a parking ramp were located just off the base's inside taxiway between the Hot Cargo Ramp and the control tower.

• Ramp rate: 33. 33 % per hour

They included the episodes: Shake, Rattle and Goof, Close Encounters of the Weird Mime, Slightly Dinghy, Wrecks, Lies and Videotape, Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp and Tub Be or Not Tub Be.

Late in 1973 a second Alert Parking Ramp (" Christmas Tree ") was added across the runway from the original facility, the 416th Bombardment Wing from Griffiss AFB, NY maintained two B-52G ’ s with AGM-28B Hound Dog Missiles and two KC-135A aircraft along with two KC-135 Aircraft from the 380th Bombardment Wing at Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

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

* October 30, 1954: The Culver Ramp opens, connecting the IND Culver Line to the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue.

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.

The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Bolivar Community Center, 1802 Madison Avenue and the Fort Travis Seashore Park at 900 State Highway 87, and the Pilsner Boat Ramp.

Ramp stub off the Mancunian Way at the junction with the A34 road ( England ) | A34

The swim course begins at the Lynch Ramp.

The 1. 5k (. 93 mile ) swim course will begin at the Lynch Ramp.

Congressman Jimmy Quillen kissing the " Ramp Queen " winner of the 1965 Cocke County Ramp Festival at Cosby, Tennessee.

This urbanized parish's northern border begins at the Horta Marina, and crosses through commercial buildings to the Ramp do São Francisco and alongside the Santa Casa da Misericórdia ( the Rua da Santa Casa ) before intersecting the property-line of the former Dabney residence The Cedars, following the Rua Luís de Camões, until intersecting at Rua da Ilha do Pico.

Cars heading to the airport northbound on the Southeast Expressway ( I-93 ) would get off at exit 18 and take the South Boston Access ( Haul ) Road to Ramp A, eliminating the need to go through downtown Boston and U-turn at Storrow Drive to access the Callahan Tunnel.

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.