In this paper, we describe a pilot implementation and field test of a recently developed approach to real-time adaptive traffic signal control. The pilot system, called SURTRAC (Scalable Urban Traffic Control), follows the perspective of recent work in multi-agent planning and implements a decentralized, schedule-driven approach to traffic signal control. Under this approach, each intersection ...

1 A reservation-based autonomous intersection control system, named Autonomous Control of 2 Urban TrAffic (ACUTA) is presented in this paper. ACUTA manages autonomous vehicles in 3 the vicinity of an intersection to allow them to pass the intersection without any conflict and few 4 stops. To address the operational issues identified in previous studies on reservation-based 5 autonomous intersec...

Traffic causes pollution and demands fuel. When it comes to vehicle traffic, intersections tend to be a main bottleneck. Traditional approaches to control traffic at intersections have not been designed to optimize any environmental criterion. Our objective is to design mechanisms for intersection control which minimize fuel consumption. This is difficult because it requires a specialized infra...

Vehicular emissions have increased considerably over the years with the increase in traffic. Modern roundabouts can improve traffic flow as well as cut down vehicular emissions and fuel consumption by reducing the vehicle idle time at intersections and thereby creating a positive impact on the environment. The primary focus of this research is to study the impact of modern roundabouts in cuttin...