MODELING AND EVALUATION OF ADAPTIVE BUS-PREEMPTION CONTROL WITH AND WITHOUT AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEMS
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1996
Subject Area
operations - traffic, infrastructure - vehicle, infrastructure - bus/tram priority, infrastructure - bus/tram priority, infrastructure - traffic signals, economics - appraisal/evaluation, mode - bus
Keywords
Vehicle locating systems, Traffic signal priority systems, Traffic signal preemption, Traffic models, Preemption (Traffic signals), Evaluation and assessment, Bus priority, AVL, Automatic vehicle location, Automatic location systems, Adaptive systems, Adaptive control
Abstract
To explore the advantage of integrating bus-preemption with adaptive signal control, this study has produced two integrated models for adaptive bus-preemption control in the absence and presence of Automatic Vehicle Location systems. Instead of using prespecified strategies, such as phase extension, phase early start, and/or special bus phase, the proposed models make a preemption decision based on a performance index which includes vehicle delay, bus schedule delay, and passenger delay. This study also contains an extensive simulation evaluation with respect to the integration of adaptive control with preemption. Under both with and without Automatic Vehicle Location environments, both developed models yield quite promising results.
Recommended Citation
Chang, G-L, Vasudevan, M, Su, C-C, (1996). MODELING AND EVALUATION OF ADAPTIVE BUS-PREEMPTION CONTROL WITH AND WITHOUT AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEMS,.Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 30, Issue 4, p. 251-268.
Comments
Transportation Research Part A Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564