An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-25-2016
Abstract
This work designs an emergency traffic light strategy at signalized traffic intersections in order to prevent traffic congestion. Some additional warning lights are used. The emergency strategy is realized by the cooperation of traffic lights and warning lights. It contains a ban signal strategy, and a warning signal strategy. A two-way rectangular grid network is modeled via the cell transmission model. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy is evaluated through simulations in the modeled grid network. Simulation results identify the influence of rout-changing behaviors of drivers, the time when to operate the emergency strategy, and the inflow of the traffic network. They can be used to improve the state of the art in preventing urban road traffic congestion caused by incidents.
Identifier
84978161614 (Scopus)
ISBN
[9781467399753]
Publication Title
Icnsc 2016 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking Sensing and Control
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNSC.2016.7479013
Recommended Citation
Qi, Liang; Zhou, Mengchu; and Luan, Wenjing, "An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion" (2016). Faculty Publications. 10498.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/10498
