Innovative Signal Timing Design and Operation Strategies to Improve Nighttime Arterial Safety

Nighttime fatalities, injuries, and crashes are overrepresented in Florida. To significantly reduce these incidents, greater efforts must be invested to make nighttime travel safer for all road users. This research will investigate innovative traffic signal timing design and operation strategies and their effectiveness in mitigating nighttime fatalities, serious injuries, and crashes on urban and suburban arterials in Florida.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  BED25 977-27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Managing Organizations:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Project Managers:

  Wong, Edith

• Performing Organizations:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  4202 E. Flowler Avenue, ENB 118
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5350
• Principal Investigators:

  Lin, Pei

• Start Date: 20250408
• Expected Completion Date: 20250930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Advanced Materials/Structural Safety

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Crash avoidance systems; Highway safety; Night; Nighttime crashes; Traffic signal timing
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01951030
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: BED25 977-27
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 8 2025 12:57PM