A ramp is the area around an airport terminal where aircraft are loaded and unloaded.
A type of road junction for a limited-access major highway such as a freeway; off-ramp is an exit from the major highway to a secondary road or an access road and an on-ramp is an entrance onto the major highway
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... Binomial name Allium tricoccum Wild leeks (Allium tricoccum), also known as ramps are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae). ...
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A ramp meter or metering light is a device, usually a basic traffic light or a two-phase (red and green, no yellow) light together with a signal controller, that regulates the flow of traffic entering freeways according to current traffic conditions.
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 metering is being introduced more widely in England after a pilot study by the Highways Agency [2] which concluded that ramp metering provides a net benefit under certain conditions - generally more congested junctions, but is ineffective or provides a net disbenefit under other conditions.
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