Avaliação da eficiência de métodos de coordenação semafórica em vias arteriais / Performance analysis of traffic signal synchronization methods for arterial streets

AUTOR(ES)

Cristiane Biazzono Dutra

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

Traffic signal synchronization strategies are useful to improve traffic flow mobility and level of service of arterial streets. Therefore, technicians in charge of management of the traffic system operation should take advantage of the benefits of these tools, as always as possible, in order to define the most adequate traffic signal offsets. However, interviews carried on mid-size cities of southern and southwestern regions of Brazil indicated that only 13% of these cities define plans for traffic signal networks, controlled by a central control room, based on any type of traffic signal coordination software. For non-controlled streets, 27% of the cities define offsets using the traditional space-time diagram, 36% make local adjustments in a trial and error basis, 14% use a test vehicle and the remaining 23% do not use any strategy for synchronization. Based on these findings, the objective of this master thesis is to assess the performance of two traffic signal synchronization tools that might be used in cities which do not make use of more efficient techniques to define signal plans. Literature review indicates that the available softwares are developed according to three distinct approaches: bandwidth maximization, minimization of delays and stops and combination of both previous methods. The first software tested, named SBAND, is based on the Morgan and Little half-integer synchronization algorithm, which maximizes bandwidth of signalized arterial streets. The second software is the INTEGRATION traffic simulation tool, which synchronizes traffic signals minimizing delays and stops. Different signal plans were defined by means of these two softwares, for several traffic conditions in arterial streets of Londrina and São Carlos, and simulated with INTEGRATION. The analysis of measures of effectiveness generated on the simulations – travel time, average delay and average number of stops – indicate that is possible to obtain better traffic signal plans, with reduction on the measures of effectiveness for the plans currently adopted for these arterials. The results also suggest that INTEGRATION is more recommended for scenarios when traffic flow on principal arterials is heavy and similar to the traffic on secondary streets, while SBAND is recommended for light to moderate traffic flow on main street, with through trips predominating and lighter traffic on secondary streets.

ASSUNTO(S)

number of stops coordenação semafórica traffic signal synchronization atraso banda verde defasagem offsets paradas bandwidth delay

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