Within-Day Traffic Assignment and Signal Setting in Road Evacuation: A Procedure with Explicit Path Enumeration

Within-Day Traffic Assignment and Signal Setting in Road Evacuation: A Procedure with Explicit Path Enumeration

F.A. Marcianò G. Musolino A. Vitetta 

Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, DIIES–Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, delle Infrastrutture e dell’Energia Sostenibile, Italy

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196-205
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.2495/SAFE-V3-N3-196-205
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Abstract: 

In the sphere of the SICURO research project, we propose a framework for signal setting design of road intersections with explicit path enumeration. The framework has two main components: an optimization procedure for signal setting design and a within-day simulation procedure to capture effects of signal setting modification on path choice behaviour. This paper describes the elements of the simulation proce-dure and illustrates some disaggregate results obtained from its application on an experimental test site.

Keywords: 

Evacuation, signal setting design, within-day traffic assignment

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