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International comparative field evaluation of a traffic-responsive signal control strategy in three cities
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Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice . Jun2006, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p399-413. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Abstract: The recently developed network-wide real-time signal control strategy TUC has been implemented in three traffic networks with quite different traffic and control infrastructure characteristics: Chania, Greece (23 junctions); Southampton, UK (53 junctions); and Munich, Germany (25 junctions), where it has been compared to the respective resident real-time signal control strategies TASS, SCOOT and BALANCE. After a short outline of TUC, the paper describes the three application networks; the application, demonstration and evaluation conditions; as well as the comparative evaluation results. The main conclusions drawn from this high-effort inter-European undertaking is that TUC is an easy-to-implement, inter-operable, low-cost real-time signal control strategy whose performance, after very limited fine-tuning, proved to be better or, at least, similar to the ones achieved by long-standing strategies that were in most cases very well fine-tuned over the years in the specific networks. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *TRAFFIC signs & signals
*TRAFFIC engineering
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09658564
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19842089
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2005.08.004