Urban Traffic Analysis and Control

Urban Traffic Analysis and Control: The key challenges in the era of ITS explores fixed timing and variable timing strategies for urban traffic control. Providing a comprehensive overview of traffic management strategies, the book focuses particularly on applications, both offline and online. Offline applications typically support transportation planning or simple cases where real-time adaptive control is not needed. Online applications, on the other hand, require sensors for real-time monitoring and dynamic models or data-driven methods for immediate flow prediction. The book addresses three main topics: The first is methods for dynamic traffic flows estimation and macroscopic traffic performance evaluation. The second is traffic control methods, with a primary focus on algorithms and models for signal coordination. The third topic is the impact of emerging technologies on enhancing traffic signals and management. Notably, this is the first book to address both fixed and adaptive signal-setting design, providing theory and practical applications at both the intersection and network-wide levels. It also incorporates the latest developments in intelligent transportation systems, particularly how connected vehicle technologies affect traffic analysis and control. Additionally, the book discusses strategies for optimising impacts related to safety, noise, fuel consumption, and emissions. The book is intended to be a reference work for academic researchers and graduate students in the intelligent transportation systems field, as well as professionals and consultants working in this area.