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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2014.32.3.280

A Development of the Traffic Signal Progression Model for Tram and Vehicles  

Lee, In-Kyu (Department of Transportation Engineering, University of Seoul)
Kim, Youngchan (Department of Transportation Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.32, no.3, 2014 , pp. 280-292 More about this Journal
Abstract
A tram has been the focus of a new public transportation that can solve a traffic jam, decreasing of public transit usage and environmental problem in recent years. This study aims to develop a signal optimization model for considering the traffic signal progression of tram and vehicles, when they are operated simultaneously in the same signalized intersections. This research developed the KS-SIGNAL-Tram model to obtain a minimum tram bandwidth and to minimize a vehicle's delay to perform a tram passive signal priority, it is based on the KS-SIGNAL model and is added to the properties of a tram and it's system. We conducted a micro simulation test to evaluate the KS-SIGNAL-Tram model, it showed that the developed optimization model is effective to prevent a tram's stop on intersection, to reduce a tram's travel time and vehicle's delay.
Keywords
KS-SIGNAL; tram; priority; signal progression; traffic signal;
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