A New Coordinated Control Method on the Intersection of Traffic Region
Joint Authors
Liang, Shidong
Ma, Minghui
Yang, Qing-fang
Wang, Yashi
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-05-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intersection regions widely exist in road networks as crucial connections, and the congestion effects on traffic in the networks cannot be ignored.
In general, a conventional intersection region includes a merging region and more than two ramps, whose congestion brings a serious negative effect on traffic service quality and satisfaction of drivers.
Specifically, intersection region congestion is caused by congestion in merging regions.
However, current control methods regarding coordination of the variable speed limits and ramp metering in order to solve merging region congestion are insufficient to handle congestion occurring in the intersection region.
Therefore, a new method of coordinated control is proposed in this paper based on mainline control using the variable speed limits and coordinated ramp metering.
The coordinated control method is formulated considering the degree of crowdedness indexes and implemented based on the queue length, with the goal to relieve congestion in conventional intersection regions caused by merging region congestion.
The coordinated control method is further evaluated based on an actual traffic network.
The results show that the proposed method is effective in terms of improving traffic service quality and relieving intersection region congestion.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ma, Minghui& Yang, Qing-fang& Liang, Shidong& Wang, Yashi. 2016. A New Coordinated Control Method on the Intersection of Traffic Region. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103507
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ma, Minghui…[et al.]. A New Coordinated Control Method on the Intersection of Traffic Region. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103507
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ma, Minghui& Yang, Qing-fang& Liang, Shidong& Wang, Yashi. A New Coordinated Control Method on the Intersection of Traffic Region. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103507
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1103507