DYNAMIC STRATEGY SELECTION AT SIGNALISED JUNCTIONS
Adaptive traffic signal control in Britain uses either localised or area control strategies. Localised control (MOVA) and area control (SCOOT) use traffic flow and occupancy statistics from inductive loops at or near the controlled junction. Usually junctions with adaptive control run under either SCOOT or MOVA. On a busy dual carriageway trunk feeder road to the east of London, both SCOOT and MOVA have been implemented on six junctions. The Traffic Director for London completed a study on these junctions showing traffic flows improved and emissions reduced when MOVA was used during peak traffic flows and SCOOT during off-peak periods. This paper describes a follow-up project that implements dynamic strategy switching between localised (MOVA) and area adaptive (SCOOT) control. The aim of the study is to investigate possibilities for further delay reductions through switching strategies automatically to react to incident congestion, as well as recurrent, peak-period, congestion. (A*) For the covering abstract see ITRD E110327.
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Authors:
- PERCIVAL, M
- Turner, D
- SILCOCK, P
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- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Conferences; Hours; Intelligent transportation systems; Off peak periods; Peak periods; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 8735: Intelligent transport system; 2748: Main road; 611: Off peak hour; 612: Peak hour; 671: Traffic flow; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00819257
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 7 2001 12:00AM