An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion

Liang Qi; Mengchu Zhou; Wenjing Luan

doi:10.1109/ICNSC.2016.7479013

An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion

Liang Qi, Mengchu Zhou, Wenjing Luan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467399753
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNSC.2016.7479013
State	Published - May 25 2016
Event	13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2016 - Mexico City, Mexico Duration: Apr 28 2016 → Apr 30 2016

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Name	ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control

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Other	13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2016
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Period	4/28/16 → 4/30/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Control and Systems Engineering
Modeling and Simulation

Keywords

cell transmission model (CTM)
congestion formation and dissipation
traffic incident
traffic signal strategy

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Qi, L., Zhou, M., & Luan, W. (2016). An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion. In ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control Article 7479013 (ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNSC.2016.7479013

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An emergency traffic light strategy to prevent traffic congestion. / Qi, Liang; Zhou, Mengchu; Luan, Wenjing.
ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7479013 (ICNSC 2016 - 13th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control).

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