A Micro Simulation Approach for a Sustainable Reduction Traffic Jam

Valencia, Alejandra; Montt, Cecilia; Oddershede, Astrid M.; Quezada, Luis E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53651-0_18

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“…Valencia et al [10] used microsimulation to figure out a long-term solution to traffic congestion. The goal was to offer a simulation model for creating and evaluating action plans to alleviate traffic congestion and the resulting conflicts.…”

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Traffic Signal Controller Optimization Through VISSIM to Minimize Traffic Congestion, CO and NOx Emissions, and Fuel Consumption

Gunarathne,

Amarasingha,

Wickramasighe

2023

Sci. Eng. Technol.

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In developing countries with heterogeneous traffic, such as Sri Lanka, it is possible to observe severe traffic congestion at intersections and traffic corridors. The main objective of this study was to demonstrate the optimization of traffic signal controllers using VISSIM microsimulation software. It aimed to minimize traffic congestion, emissions, and fuel consumption. This study focused on developing a traffic signal controller optimization program for a congested traffic corridor which consisted of a three-legged signalized intersection, a four-legged unsignalized intersection, and a three-legged unsignalized intersection. The entire corridor was modeled here, and the already signalized three-legged intersection was optimized. Traffic signal controller optimization was done separately through the built-in optimization features in VISSIM and Webster’s Method. The results showed that emissions and fuel consumption were reduced by 14.89 % in VISSIM optimization and 14.11% in optimization using Webster’s Method. Through the comparison between the VISSIM optimized signal timing and manually calculated signal timing, it was found that the signal timing optimization provides much more improved results than the manual signal timing calculations. Using the proposed methodology, the traffic signal controllers can be optimized within a short duration in very few steps without any iterations compared to the existing traffic signal controller optimization techniques. Therefore, the proposed methodology is a good alternative method to optimize the traffic signal controllers.

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confidence: 99%