AN INTERSECTION CONTROL STRATEGY FOR A SHORT-HEADWAY P.R.T. NETWORK

Much PRT development and research is currently being undertaken assuming quasi-synchronous longitudinal control of guideway vehicles. This method of control has the characteristic that intersection performance has A substantial influence on the efficiency of trip demand processing. An algorithm for the control of a PRT intersection is discussed here, which would appear to have significant advantages over all other known existing stratagems. The stratagem is not only efficient but its flexibility facilitates tailoring to diverse local conditions; furthermore, the algorithm does not require intractable computations or excessive computer memory requirements. The algorithm is described and simulation results are presented. A comparative study is also made between this algorithm and its fore-runner. (A) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • MCGINLEY, F J
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 45-53
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Automated vehicle control; Control; Control devices; Headways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Intersections; Mathematical models; Personal rapid transit; Right of way (Traffic); Simulation; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guided vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 1020: Container (freight); 3874: Control; 685: Headway; 455: Junction; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134237
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: SERIAL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1982 12:00AM