scholarly journals Change of Traffic Parameters when Introduced Adaptive Method of Traffic Light Object Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 334 ◽  
pp. 01034
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Karmanov ◽  
Dmitriy Zakharov ◽  
Andrey Chistyakov
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Adaptive Method ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Cycle Times ◽  
Harmful Emissions ◽  
Intelligent City ◽  
Mode Of Operation ◽  
Light Mode

The article is devoted to improving the quality of life in cities by implementing the concept of an “intelligent” city and developing an automated transport infrastructure. The following factors are considered in the work: the traffic intensity of vehicles and the mode of operation of traffic signal regulation. In work, the mode of operation of a traffic light is determined by an adaptive method. The main tool for increasing the capacity is the choice of the optimal ratio of phase coefficients and the optimal cycle time. Considered the influence of capacity on the parameters of road traffic, the environmental load from automobile transport. The dependence of the traffic parameters for different cycle times is established. A change in fuel consumption and in the content of harmful emissions for various traffic light modes is given. The justification is given for the necessity to change the traffic light mode after increasing the number of lanes in the street road network.

scholarly journals Road Infrastructure and Urban Development in Akure, Nigeria: “Performance Indices and Sustainable Development”

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
OwoputiAdetose Emmanuel ◽  
KANYIO Olufunto A.
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Goods And Services

Transport is essential to the functioning of any society and road transport in particular plays a significant role in the economic growth and physical development of the urban Centre’s as well as transport furniture and safety aid in their surrounding regions. Road transport infrastructure influence the location and range of productive and leisure activities, it affects the location of commercial business and residents; it influences the range and provision of goods and services available for consumption. It inevitably impacts on safety, movement travelling time and quality of city life. The paper examines the models that describe the internal structure of Akure city and its urban road infrastructure development and performance indices, its sustainable management developmentwith comparison of old Akure in the 19th Century and the new Akure metropolitan of 21st Century, and recommends the needs for the extension of road construction and expansion to other area of the city. The provisionof functioning road traffic light at various junctions and the need for professional skilled manpower to manage the road information furniture’s and waiting bus stop shades for neatness and maximum utilization, public enlightenment on usage, policy formulation, rules and regulations for both users and operators.

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities in Early Stage Planning of Transport Infrastructure Projects: Environmental Aspects in the Strategic Choice of Measures Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1295
Author(s):  
Sofia Eckersten ◽  
Berit Balfors ◽  
Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Strategic Choice ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Transport Planning

The Strategic Choice of Measures (SCM) approach aims to integrate different perspectives and identify measures to adapt new infrastructure projects to their local context at an early stage of Swedish transport planning. SCM is a loosely structured framework for collaboration between actors from, e.g., municipalities and the Swedish Transport Administration, in order to facilitate the coordination of transport planning and land use planning. This paper aims to explore the consideration of environmental aspects in early-stage transport planning by analyzing the SCM approach. An explorative research approach is applied based on literature studies, semi-structured interviews, and a focus group interview. The result shows that in the SCM process, environmental aspects such as noise and air pollution generated by road traffic in urban areas, engage the actors, whereas aspects related to landscape and water were perceived as poorly addressed and received less attention. The consideration of environmental aspects in the SCM process is affected by the local and national authorities’ different interests and the competences involved. To consolidate environmental aspects in early transport planning, these aspects need to be explicitly addressed in the SCM guidelines and the link between the SCM and preceding and following planning stages needs to be strengthened.

LIGHT REGULATION SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS TO FORECAST THE TRANSPORT FLOWS IN ALMATY

2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
Assel Aliyadynovna Sailau
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Light Regulation ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
Transport Telematics

The number of vehicles on the roads of Almaty, Kazakhstan is growing from year to year. This brings about an increasing intensity and density of traffic flows in the streets which leads to congestion, decreasing speed of the traffic flow, increasing environmental pollution caused by car emissions, and which can potentially lead to the road traffic accidents (RTA), including fatalities. While the number of injuries grows up mainly due to drivers’ non-compliance with the speed limit, the environmental pollution is caused by longer traffic jams. Therefore, to reduce the level of road traffic injuries and emissions into the environment it is necessary to ensure the uniform movement of traffic flows in cities. Currently, one of the effective ways to do it is the use of transport telematics systems, in particular, control systems for road signs, road boards and traffic lights. The paper presents an analysis of existing systems and methods of traffic light regulation. The  analyses of the systems and methods are based on the use of homogeneous data, that is the data on standard parameters of traffic flows. The need in collecting and analyzing additional semi-structured data on the factors that have a significant impact on the traffic flows parameters in cities is shown as well. The work is dedicated to solving the problem of analysis and forecast of traffic flows in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. GPS data on the location of individual vehicles is used as the initial data for solving this problem. By projecting the obtained information onto the graph of the city's transport network, as well as using additional filtering, it is possible to obtain an estimate of individual parameters of traffic flows. These parameters are used for short-term forecast of the changes in the city's transport network.

scholarly journals Mobile Road Traffic Management System Using Weighted Sensor

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Adegbenro Akinboro ◽  
Johnson A Adeyiga ◽  
Adebayo Omotosho ◽  
Akinwale O Akinwumi
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Traffic Management System

<p><strong>Vehicular traffic is continuously increasing around the world, especially in urban areas, and the resulting congestion ha</strong><strong>s</strong><strong> be</strong><strong>come</strong><strong> a major concern to automobile users. The popular static electric traffic light controlling system can no longer sufficiently manage the traffic volume in large cities where real time traffic control is paramount to deciding best route. The proposed mobile traffic management system provides users with traffic information on congested roads using weighted sensors. A prototype of the system was implemented using Java SE Development Kit 8 and Google map. The model </strong><strong>was</strong><strong> simulated and the performance was </strong><strong>assessed</strong><strong> using response time, delay and throughput. Results showed that</strong><strong>,</strong><strong> mobile devices are capable of assisting road users’ in faster decision making by providing real-time traffic information and recommending alternative routes.</strong></p>

scholarly journals A New Approach of Smart Mobility for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Casablanca

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mouhcine Maaroufi ◽  
Laila Stour ◽  
Ali Agoumi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Heavy Goods Vehicles

Managing mobility, both of people and goods, in cities is a thorny issue. The travel needs of urban populations are increasing and put pressure on transport infrastructure. The Moroccan cities are no exception and will struggle, in the short term, to respond to the challenges of the acceleration of the phenomenon of urbanization and the increase in demand for mobility. This will inevitably prevent them from turning into smart cities. The term smart certainly alludes to better use of technologies, but smart mobility is also defined as “a set of coordinated actions intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of cities” [1]. The term mobility highlights the preponderance of humans over infrastructure and vehicles. Faced with traffic congestion, the solutions currently adopted which consist of fitting out and widening the infrastructures, only encourage more trips and report the problem with more critical consequences. It is true that beyond a certain density of traffic, even Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are not useful. The concept of dynamic lane management or Advanced Traffic Management (ATM) opens up new perspectives. Its objective is to manage and optimize road traffic in a variable manner, in space and in time. This article is a summary of the development of a road infrastructure dedicated to Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV), the first of its kind in Morocco. It aims to avoid the discomfort caused by trucks in the urban road network of the city of Casablanca. This research work is an opportunity to reflect on the introduction of ITS and ATM to ensure optimal use of existing infrastructure before embarking on heavy and irreversible infrastructure projects.

scholarly journals Human factor and traffic safety

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Ewa Brożyna
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Engineering ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Road User ◽  
Road Design

This article deals with issues in the field of traffic engineering. According to its assumptions, traffic is a system consisting of three inseparable elements which are man, vehicle and road. In this article, the author focuses on the relationship between two of these elements: human as a road user and a path that should be a subordinate of the user’s capabilities and convenience. The first part of the article is an introduction to the topic of the article. There are presented the data on the amount of road traffic accidents caused by human factors and the categories of errors committed by drivers. In the further part there were analyzed the biological factors which have influence on driver’s actions such as sight, attention and reaction time with particular emphasis on the imperfections of those factors which should be taken into account when designing roads and organizing traffic because it lets to provide a higher level of road safety. The purpose of this article is to develop practical conclusions for road design and traffic management that will help to better adjust the road transport infrastructure to the capabilities and natural limitations of the human person. These conclusions are included in the summary.

scholarly journals Developing Hybrid Simulation Model to Improve Road Traffic Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 56-65
Author(s):  
Hayati Mukti Asih
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Hybrid Simulation ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Light Cycle ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights

Yogyakarta has increasing trends in the number of vehicles and consequently intensifying the traffic volume and will effect to higher emission and air pollution. Traffic lights duration plays a vital role in congestion mitigation in the critical intersections of urban areas. This study has objective to minimize the number of vehicles waiting in line by developing the hybrid simulation method. First of all, the MKJI and Webster method were calculated to determine the green traffic light. Then, the simulation model was developed to evaluate the number of vehicles waiting in line according to different duration of green traffic lights from MKJI and Webster method. A case study will then be provided in Pelemgurih intersection located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for demonstrating the applicability of the developed method. The result shows that the duration of green traffic lights calculated by Webster method provides lower number of vehicles waiting in line. It is due to the short duration of green traffic light resulted by Webster method so that the traffic light cycle becomes shorter and it effects the number of vehicles waiting in line which is lower than MKJI method. The results obtained can help the generating desired decision alternatives that will important for Department of Transportation, Indonesia to enhance the road traffic management with low number of vehicles waiting in line.

A Novel Self-Organizing Approach to Automatic Traffic Light Management System for Road Traffic Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 1303-1321
Author(s):  
Amita Jain ◽  
Sudesh Yadav ◽  
Sonakshi Vij ◽  
Yogesh Kumar ◽  
Devendra Kumar Tayal
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Light Management ◽  
Self Organizing

scholarly journals Evaluation of the traffic signal regulation efficiency of crossroads with unstable transport demand by time

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 05013
Author(s):  
Ilya Anisimov ◽  
Anastasia Burakova ◽  
Olga Burakova ◽  
Lyudmila Burakova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Idle Time ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Main Direction ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
Inefficient Operation

The article describes the results of the research, whose goal is to assess the effectiveness of the traffic light operation at crossroads with unstable transport demand in terms of time and directions. The modern way of cities development consists in creation of sustainable, and, hence, safe, harmless and comfortable environment for residing. This determines the separation of urban and industrial areas, the creation of transport infrastructure, in particular crossroads, which are equipped with traffic lights. As a rule, it is characterized by unstable transport demand in the direction of entry and exit from the territory of enterprises, which causes an inadvertent increase in the idle time of vehicles in the main direction. In the course of experimental studies, the authors found that the crossroads under consideration are parts of the road network that connect the industrial and urban areas, which causes a high traffic intensity in the main areas. At the same time, the share of ineffective resolving phase for entry and exit from the territory of the enterprise reaches 70-80%, which increases the idle time of vehicles in the main direction. The authors proposed an indicator that characterizes the proportion of inefficient operation of the traffic signal.

scholarly journals Ant Colony Optimization for Real Time Traffic Lights Control on a Single Intersection

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouha Rida ◽  
Mohammed Ouadoud ◽  
Aberrahim Hasbi
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Ant Colony ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
On The Road

In this paper, we present a new scheme to intelligently control the cycles and phases of traffic lights by exploiting the road traffic data collected by a wireless sensor network installed on the road. The traffic light controller determines the next phase of traffic lights by applying the Ant Colony Optimazation metaheuristics to the information collected by WSN. The objective of this system is to find an optimal solution that gives the best possible results in terms of reducing the waiting time of vehicles and maximizing the flow crossing the intersection during the green light. The results of simulations by the SUMO traffic simulator confirm the preference of the developed algorithm over the predefined time controller and other dynamic controllers.

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