Dynamic lane reversal in traffic management
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Contributors
Abstract
Contraflow lane reversal - the reversal of lanes in order to temporarily increase the capacity of congested roads - can effectively mitigate traffic congestion during rush hour and emergency evacuation. However, contraflow lane reversal deployed in several cities are designed for specific traffic patterns at specific hours, and do not adapt to fluctuations in actual traffic. Motivated by recent advances in autonomous vehicle technology, we propose a framework for dynamic lane reversal in which the lane directionality is updated quickly and automatically in response to instantaneous traffic conditions recorded by traffic sensors. We analyze the conditions under which dynamic lane reversal is effective and propose an integer linear programming formulation and a bi-level programming formulation to compute the optimal lane reversal configuration that maximizes the traffic flow. In our experiments, active contraflow increases network efficiency by 72%.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2011 |
Pages | 1929-1934 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
Series | International Conference on Intelligent Transportation (ITSC) |
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ISSN | 2153-0009 |
Conference
Title | 2011 14th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems |
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Abbreviated title | ITSC 2011 |
Conference number | 14 |
Duration | 5 - 7 October 2011 |
City | Washington |
Country | United States of America |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-2939-2090/work/141543895 |
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