Supply-Side Management of Auto Traffic
Many traffic signals frequently experience oversaturated conditions. Such conditions cause significant delay and queue backups. When traffic signals are closely spaced, queues from downstream signals can back up to upstream signals. Such a scenario can result in starvation which is a phenomenon when queues from a downstream bottleneck prevent full utilization of upstream green phases This project will entail synchronizing green phases across neighboring traffic signals to the backward waves that propagate through queues. The goal is to ensure that green phases are displayed only after queues recede on street segments downstream. In this way, traffic movements are not blocked when they receive green signals.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $130,000
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551947136,
79070-00-B
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
University of South Florida, Tampa
Center for Urban Transportation Research
3650 Spectrum Boulevard
Tampa, FL United States 33612-9446 -
Project Managers:
Li, Xiaopeng
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)
400 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South
Suite 300
College Station, TX United States 77845-4375 -
Principal Investigators:
Sunkari, Srinivasa
- Start Date: 20200901
- Expected Completion Date: 20220228
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Oversaturation (Traffic flow); Traffic delays; Traffic queuing; Traffic signal control systems
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01751329
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Institute for Congestion Reduction
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551947136,, 79070-00-B
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Sep 4 2020 3:05PM