On the impacts of locally adaptive signal control on urban network stability and the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-268

  Gayah, Vikash V ^a   Gao, Xueyu ^a   Nagle, Andrew S ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive traffic signal control; Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram; Traffic congestion; Traffic network instabilities; Urban mobility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CRASHWORTHINESS; STABILITY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION;

ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL; ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL; INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; URBAN MOBILITY; URBAN TRAFFIC NETWORKS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; MOBILITY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NETWORK DESIGN; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84908242155     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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