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A geometric design method for intersections with pre-signal systems using a phase swap sorting strategy

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  • Yan Li
  • Sirui Nan
  • Xiaolin Gong
  • Rui Ma

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Conventional geometric design methods for pre-signal systems usually use the expected traffic demand, which may obtain a short sorting area distance and lead to frequent queue spillbacks due to stochastic traffic arrivals. On the other hand, if one selects a longer sorting area distance, the geometric design will suffer from low spatial utilization with higher delay and lower capacity. In this paper, we propose a geometric design method for intersections with pre-signal systems using a phase swap strategy. The geometric design can balance the desire of storing more vehicles to prevent spillbacks and improve the spatial utilization of the road. We model the traffic dynamic within the pre-signal system using queue theory and shockwave theory to determine the furthest point a queue can reach. The length of the pre-signal system should be short enough to improve spatial utilization but longer than the furthest point of the queue to prevent queue spillback. The effectiveness of the pre-signal system is evaluated by the VISSIM Signal Control Application Programming Interfaces (SCAPI). The results indicate that the proposed design plan increases the spatial utilization of the pre-signal system by 7.5% while maintaining a similar delay, queue length and ratio of flow to saturation flow.

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  • Yan Li & Sirui Nan & Xiaolin Gong & Rui Ma, 2019. "A geometric design method for intersections with pre-signal systems using a phase swap sorting strategy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(5), pages 1-22, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0217741
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217741
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