Abstract
Traffic signals are an elementary component of all urban road networks and play a critical role in controlling the flow of vehicles. However, current road transportation systems and traffic signal implementations are very inefficient. the objective of this research is to evaluate optimal phase ordering within a signal cycle to minimize the average waiting delay and thus in turn minimizing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. through extensive simulation analysis, we show that by choosing optimal phase ordering, the stopped delay can be reduced by 40% per car at each signal resulting in a saving of up to 100 gallons of fuel per traffic signal each day. © 2010 IEEE.
Recommended Citation
J. Barnes et al., "On Optimizing Traffic Signal Phase Ordering in Road Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, pp. 308 - 312, article no. 5623404, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Dec 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/SRDS.2010.42
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Road networks; Traffic signals; Vehicular networks
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-076954250-8
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1060-9857
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
31 Dec 2010
