Evaluating the impacts of urban corridor traffic signal optimization on vehicle emissions and fuel consumption

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-160

  Kwak, Jaeyoung ^a,b   Park, Byungkyu ^a   Lee, Jaesup ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

fuel consumption; genetic algorithm (GA); traffic signal optimization; TRANSIMS; vehicle emissions; VT Micro model

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION MODELS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA); OPTIMIZERS; SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TIMING PLAN; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC SIMULATORS; TRANSIMS; URBAN CORRIDORS; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SYNCHROS; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84863262033     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.651877     Document Type: Article

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