Authors:
Zulkifli Lubis
and
Abdullah Zawawi Talib
Affiliation:
School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Keyword(s):
Traffic congestion; Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections, Fixed-time Traffic Light Control System, Discrete Event Simulation, DITC System
Abstract:
Traffic congestion on public roads is one of the leading causes of lost productivity and decrease in the standard of living in urban setting. The continuous increase in the congestion level, especially at rush hour, is a critical problem and is becoming a major concern to transportation specialists and decision makers. Traffic congestion causes excessive delays, reduced safety and increase in environmental pollution. An intersection is the area where one street or road crosses another. Almost all modes of travel i.e. pedestrian, bicycle, motor vehicle, and transit involve dealing with the intersection area for a given time period, which in turn makes it as a focus of activity, conflicting movements area and a traffic control centre, and as a consequence reducing its capacity. Traffic control at the intersection is an old and ever growing problem in cities all over the world. In many cities, intersections represent bottlenecks in the traffic flow. Evaluating and managing intersections
are complex, difficult, costly, and time consuming. The existing methods for traffic management, surveillance and control, are not adequately efficient in terms of performance, cost, maintenance, and support. In this paper, we propose a framework of an intelligent approach for the Dynamic Intersection Traffic Control (DITC) system. We also present some intersection designs that would benefit from the proposed DITC. The proposed strategy reduces conflicts through geometric design and an intelligent traffic control systems. The proposed DITC system has no waiting time and has a specific configuration.
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