Enhancing Traffic Control Systems to Reduce Emissions and Fuel Consumption

Details

• Creators:
  Nichols, Andrew P. ; Abbas, Montasir M. ; Park, Byungkyu (Brian) ; Rakha, Hesham A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Marshall University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research ; Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency vehicles
  • Global Positioning System
  • Highway traffic control
  • Multilane highways
  • Signalized intersections
  • Traffic congestion
  • Traffic data
  • Traffic signal priority
  • Traffic signal timing
  • Travel time VISSIM (Computer model)
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;West Virginia
• Edition:
  Final Report 7/1/14 - 6/10/16
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  This report contains four sub-reports on research tasks that were completed related to the enhancement of traffic control to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. The first task looks at the type of control to implement at an intersection, based on minimizing emissions. Assuming that an intersection is signalized, the second tasks look at the optimal cycle length that should be selected to minimize emissions and fuel consumption. Once a signalized intersection has been deployed, the third and fourth tasks look at new ways to evaluate traffic signal performance related to emergency vehicle preemption using high resolution data and optimizing timing plans based on emissions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC33
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34716/dot_34716_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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