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A Fiber Optic Intersection Traffic Control System Based on a Competitive Momentum Model
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2004-01-01
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Abstract:This report outlines the need for an enhanced methodology to reduce the number of traffic accidents and administer a smarter solution from traffic impact studies to palliate the issue of sprawling in urban areas. It is demonstrated that such a methodology will provide this solution, by the implementation of a Cumulative Momentum Model (CMV) for intersection traffic management. This proposed CMV is designed to allow traffic at the intersection to negotiate the right of way. This proposed traffic system will assign priority to heavy vehicles such as buses, emergency vehicles and commercial trucks. The CMV model automatically favors these heavier vehicles, which normally ply the main streets. The Market and Dudley beta site was the focused area for the CMV demonstration, and the layout and data analysis were used for refinement and optimization of detection zone design, and for traffic pattern simulations. Based on the raw (input) data, collected from Greensboro Department of Transportation for the Market and Dudley Intersection, the resultant simulated-data were used to study the impact for a given signature traffic pattern. The end product can have wide application in urban intersection traffic management. The authors have initiated a search of existing patents related to the proposed CMV methodology. So far, such a methodology merits further development for a potential patent application.
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