Adaptive Signal Control IV: Evaluation of the Adaptive Traffic Control System in Park City, Utah

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the future Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) adaptive traffic control system (ATCS) on an arterial street network in Park City, Utah, that experiences both everyday and unpredictable changes in traffic flow. The two goals of this project are to assess the effectiveness of the future UDOT ATCS relative to the existing traffic control system and to assess the transfer of ATCS expertise from a vendor to UDOT personnel. This report contains the planned methodology for the project and the results from the “before” evaluation of the system. The proposed measures of effectiveness (stopped delay, corridor travel time, average speed, number of stops, cycle length, traffic demand) for the ATCS evaluation, the collection method for each, and their application range are listed. The data collection was done during three weeks in August before the start of the school season in Park City during the weekday peak and off peak periods on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, under fair weather and dry pavement conditions. Stopped-time delay studies assess the influence of the ATCS system on stopped-time delay and stops at all 12 signalized intersections. Turning movement counts are used to relate relevant stopped delay studies with concurrent traffic demand at the intersections and also as inputs for traffic simulation runs. The results in this report represent measures of effectiveness from the traffic data collection before the ATCS is installed.

• Record URL:
  http://utah.ptfs.com/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=12587
• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=538
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60480
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  122 South Central Campus Drive
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84112

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Martin, Peter T
  • Stevanovic, Aleksandar
  • Vladisavljevic, Ivana
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 73p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Data collection; Highway traffic control; Measures of effectiveness; Signalized intersections; Speed; Stopped time delays; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation; Travel demand; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Adaptive traffic control; Turning movement counts
• Geographic Terms: Park City (Utah)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01030691
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 06-182
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 10 2006 10:44AM