Research on Jam Level Variability Utilizing the Location Information of Traffic Lights

The travel speed of different vehicles may be considerably variable, especially on a road with traffic lights. So it is difficult and inaccurate to publish and evaluate a single value of jam level on a signalized road. In this paper, by utilizing the location information of traffic lights in the map, the jam level variability and its influence to the evaluation are analyzed. Then a method to publish and evaluate the jam level along with an acceptable range (AR) of speed on the signalized roads is proposed. Test result shows that the method can improve the evaluation reliability of jam level prediction

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
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• Authors:
  • Li, Lan
  • Liu, Bo
  • Lai, Yimin
  • Matsuzaki, Katsuhiko
  • Bi, Ying
• Conference:
  • 18th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 2011-10-16 to 2011-10-20
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: 18th ITS World Congress, Orlando, 2011. Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Location; Speed; Traffic congestion; Traffic signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic jams; Travel time variability
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01449858
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 22 2012 9:14AM