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On the control of highly congested urban networks with intricate traffic patterns: a New York City case study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Osorio, Carolina Chen, Xiao Gao, Jingqin Talas, Mohamad Marsico, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | This paper focuses on the design of traffic signals for highly congested urban networks. It is motivated by a case study of an intricate network within New York City, which we refer to as the Queensboro Bridge (QBB) network. Figure 1 displays a map of central Manhattan, the QBB area of interest is delimited by the black oval. Figure 2(a) displays a detailed map of the QBB area (left plot) and the corresponding network model (right plot). The design of suitable signal plans, and more generally of suitable traffic management strategies, for this area is a major challenge due to the intricate traffic patterns, which arise for the following reasons. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://web.mit.edu/osorioc/www/papers/osoChenNYCDOTOfflineSO.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |