Sustainable Traffic Management in an Urban Area: An Integrated Framework for Real-Time Traffic Control and Route Guidance Design

Sustainability

Stefano de Luca¹  Roberta Di Pace¹  Luigi Pariota²  Silvio Memoli³ 

[1] Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy;Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II” via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy;Department of Mobility, Infrastructures and Public works, Municipality of Naples, piazza Municipio, 80133 Naples, Italy;

关键词: traffic control;    route guidance;    within-day dynamics;    day-to-day dynamics;    optimization;    environmental impacts;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12020726

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper focuses on the presentation of an integrated framework based on two advanced strategies, aimed at mitigating the effect of traffic congestion in terms of performance and environmental impact. In particular, the paper investigates the “operational benefits” that can be derived from the combination of traffic control (TC) and route guidance (RG) strategies. The framework is based on two modules and integrates a within-day traffic control method and a day-to-day behavioral route choice model. The former module consists of an enhanced traffic control model that can be applied to design traffic signal decision variables, suitable for real-time optimization. The latter designs the information consistently with predictive user reactions to the information itself. The proposed framework is implemented to a highly congested sub-network in the city center of Naples (Italy) and different scenarios are tested and compared. The “do nothing” scenario (current; DN) and the “modeled compliance” (MC) scenario, in which travelers’ reaction to the information (i.e., compliance) is explicitly represented. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy and the modeling framework, the following analyses are carried out: (i) Network performance analysis; (ii) system convergence and stability analysis, as well as the compliance evolution over time; (iii) and emissions and fuel consumption impact analysis.

【 授权许可】

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