The areawide real-time traffic control (ARTC) system: a new traffic control concept

Author

Kim, Junguk L. ; Liu, Jyh-Charn S. ; Swarnam, Prabaharan I. ; Urbanik, Thomas

Author_Institution

Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

42

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

224

Abstract

A traffic control system, called areawide real-time traffic control (ARTC), that addresses frequent occurrences of congestion and provides areawide traffic progression is presented. The signal controllers in ARTC are interconnected through a computer network. By exchanging traffic flow information among the signal controllers, ARTC provides a new concept in areawide traffic control. With a global view of the traffic in the area, ARTC anticipates congestion. Simulation results of the ARTC prototype control algorithm over a linear road topology are also presented, and the results show significant improvement over an optimized fixed time control. The signal controllers and the computer network are designed to support the real-time communication requirements and a sufficient level of fault tolerance

Keywords

real-time systems; road traffic; traffic computer control; ARTC system; areawide real-time traffic control; computer network; congestion; linear road topology; road traffic; signal controllers; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Network topology; Real time systems; Roads; Signal design; Traffic control; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.211459

Filename

211459