Effectiveness of Signal Coordination for Pedestrian Flows Considering Bi-directional Flow Impacts

Existing signal control strategies do not consider pedestrian flows in optimizing signal parameters, which may impose significant delays on pedestrians. This study aims to investigate the rationality and effectiveness of designing signal coordination for pedestrians. A numerical case study in Japan is analyzed. Field survey is conducted to collect the geometric characteristics, signal timings and vehicular traffic condition information. In a parallel approach, the performances of signal coordination for vehicular and pedestrian traffic are estimated by using the vehicular traffic simulation tool Synchro/SimTraffic and the pedestrian simulation tool NOMAD. The results showed that the coordination for the major pedestrian flow led to a significant reduction in average delay (15%). Generally, it is concluded that the effectiveness of pedestrian signal coordination is not guaranteed but depends on the relationship between pedestrian platoon dispersion and the signal cycle length.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.11175/eastsats.2.223
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Effectiveness+of+Signal+Coordination+for+Pedestrian+Flows+Considering+Bi-directional+Flow+Impacts&author=W.+Alhajyaseen&author=M.+Li&author=H.+Nakamura&author=W.+Daamen&publication_year=2013
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/21855560
• Authors:
  • Alhajyaseen, Wael K M
  • Li, Meng
  • Nakamura, Hideki
  • Daamen, Winnie
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English
• Japanese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 223-238
• Serial:
  • Asian Transport Studies
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  • EISSN: 2185-5560
  • Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/eastsats
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Delays; Optimization; Pedestrian flow; Signalization; Traffic signal timing; Traffic simulation
• Identifier Terms: NOMAD (Computer program); SYNCHRO/SIMTRAFFIC (Computer program)
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
• Created Date: Jan 3 2014 12:07PM