Buses as probes : the use of Automatic Vehicle Locationing AVL information for improved signal control.

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Smith, M.W. Nelson, J.D. & Bell, M.G.H.
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Abstract

This paper describes research which investigates the extent to which relevant traffic information, collected by appropriately equipped buses and transmitted in the form of a "telegram", can improve traffic signal control. The modelling of generic beacon- and satellite-based Automatic Vehicle Locationing (AVL) systems and the modelling of a SCOOT-like method of signal control using SIGSIM, a microscopic traffic simulator, is described. Finally, the paper explores ways to use the information contained within bus "telegrams" to update estimates of traffic parameters of selected signal control systems. (A)

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C 10286 (In: C 9906 f [electronic version only]) /70 /73 / IRRD 868996
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In: "Towards an intelligent transport system" : proceedings of the first world congress on applications of transport telematics and Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems IVHS, Palais de Congrès de Paris, France, 30 November - 3 December 1994, Volume 6, p. 3064-3071, 5 ref.

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