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Monograph

This Transportation Research Record contains 24 papers on the subject of traffic signal systems and regional systems management. Among the specific topics addressed are the following: detecting bicycles with inductive loop detectors; noncoordinated phases in coordinated traffic signal systems; traffic detection schemes at signalized intersections; flow-based traffic signal control; detection-control system for isolated high-speed signalized intersections; simultaneous gap-out logic; weather-responsive signal timing; saturation flow at signalized intersections; design method for traffic control programs; an integrated arterial signal control model; traffic signal phase truncation in the event of a traffic flow restriction; robust real-time progression evaluation; system optimal signal optimization; microscopic simulation model calibration and validation; optimal detector location for transit signal priority; transition methods in traffic signal control; platoon identification and accommodation system; variable speed limit system near bottleneck on German autobahn; arterial travel time data collection using GPS; decision model for priority control of traffic signals; purchasing travel time data; linking planning and operations to improve regional mobility and safety; improving decentralized urban transportation systems; and weather integration in transportation management centers.

English

218p

2006

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309099889

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Arterial highways; Bicycles; Bottlenecks; Bus priority; Data collection; Decentralization; Freeways; Global Positioning System; Highway safety; Highway traffic control; Integrated systems; Isolated intersections; Loop detectors; Microsimulation; Mobility; Optimization; Saturation flow; Signalized intersections; Traffic control centers; Traffic flow; Traffic platooning; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal phases; Traffic signal priority; Traffic signal timing; Travel time; Urban transportation; Variable speed limits; Vehicle detectors; Weather

High speed intersections; Real time offset tuning; Simultaneous gap-out logic

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 11 2007 8:33AM

• Application of Microscopic Simulation Model Calibration and Validation Procedure: Case Study of Coordinated Actuated Signal System
• Decision Model for Priority Control of Traffic Signals
• Design and Development of Integrated Arterial Signal Control Model
• Design Considerations for Detecting Bicycles with Inductive Loop Detectors
• Design Structure Matrices to Improve Decentralized Urban Transportation Systems
• Determination of Optimal Detector Location for Transit Signal Priority with Queue Jumper Lanes
• Development and Field Testing of Platoon Identification and Accommodation System
• Dynamics of Variable Speed Limit System Surrounding Bottleneck on German Autobahn
• Evaluation of Flow-Based Traffic Signal Control Using Advanced Detection Concepts
• Green Extension and Traffic Detection Schemes at Signalized Intersections
• In-Service Evaluation of Detection-Control System for Isolated High-Speed Signalized Intersections
• Limitations of Simultaneous Gap-Out Logic
• Linking Planning and Operations to Improve Regional Mobility and Safety in Hampton Roads, Virginia
• New Method to Design Traffic Control Programs
• Noncoordinated Phases in Coordinated Traffic Signal System: Evaluation of Alternative Permissive Periods on Performance
• Pilot 05: Distributed Architecture for Robust Real-Time Progression Evaluation and Improvement
• Practical Procedure to Collect Arterial Travel Time Data Using GPS-Instrumented Test Vehicles
• Purchasing Travel Time Data: Investigation of Travel Time Data Service Requirements
• Saturation Flow at Signalized Intersections During Longer Green Time
• System Optimal Signal Optimization Formulation
• Traffic Signal Phase Truncation in Event of Traffic Flow Restriction
• Transition Methods in Traffic Signal Control
• Weather Integration in Transportation Management Centers
• Weather-Responsive Signal Timing: Practical Guidelines