Cell Transmission Model (CTM)-based Optimal Signal Control Strategies in Urban Networks

Traffic in urban network is getting more and more congested due to rapid increase in travel demand. The task will provide a systematic framework to determine optimal signal settings for urban networks. Most of the prevailing signal control strategies does not work properly when traffic gets congested during peak hours as most of the model vehicles are considered as queues and failed to capture important traffic flow characteristics. To tackle the problems, Cell Transmission Model (CTM) is introduced to simulate the evolution of patterns of vehicles on the road to correctly approximate the traffic condition and signal settings.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chung, Haniel

• Performing Organizations:

  Regents of the University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States 

  University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

  University of California, Berkeley
  2614 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1782
• Start Date: 20150226
• Expected Completion Date: 20170130
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Peak hour traffic; Signalized intersections; Simulation; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Travel demand; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620596
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:55AM