SCOOTing Across the Road

This article discusses how pedestrians are benefiting from far greater attention than they have traditionally enjoyed in new developments in traffic management. Transport for London (TfL) will be the first United Kingdom (UK) authority to deploy the Multi Modal 2010 (MMX) version of the Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique (SCOOT), which aims to give greater priority to pedestrian needs at signalized intersections. Currently undergoing field acceptance trails after its public release at TRAFFEX 2011, MMX represents the latest stage of a growing multi-modal approach already exemplified in previous SCOOT releases such as Managing Congestion, Communications and Control (MC3), which set out to enhance the effectiveness of SCOOt in areas including bus priority and the operation of stand-alone mid-block Pedestrian User Friendly Intelligent (Puffin) crossings. The main idea was to incorporate scope for more accurate modeling of on-street behavior to give pedestrians an invitation to cross the street. In SCOOT MMX, this theme is more strongly developed, with inbuilt provision for greater priority for pedestrians using crossings primarily at traffic junctions, particularly where the demand is high. When the demand is high, the system can extend the green interval, and as a result, the total time available to complete the crossing.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410683
• Authors:
  • Crawford, David
• Publication Date: 2011-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 374-375
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Highway traffic control; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian traffic; Signalized intersections
• Uncontrolled Terms: Puffin pedestrian crossings
• Geographic Terms: London (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01356825
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 2011 2:51PM