Investigation of the impacts of signal timing on vehicle emissions at an isolated intersection

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 409-414

  Li, Jing Quan ^a   Wu, Guoyuan ^b   Zou, Ning ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c Kittelson and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Emission modeling; Pre timed signal control; Traffic modeling

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM; EMISSION ESTIMATION MODEL; EMISSION MODEL; ISOLATED INTERSECTION; SIGNAL CONTROL; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC MODEL; VEHICLE SPECIFIC POWER;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955471948     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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