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#140 Pedestrian-Friendly Traffic Signal Control


Principal Investigator
Stephen Smith
Status
Completed
Start Date
Jan. 1, 2014
End Date
Jan. 1, 2014
Project Type
Research Advanced
Grant Program
MAP-21 TSET - Tier 1 (2012 - 2016)
Grant Cycle
2014 TSET UTC
Visibility
Public

Abstract

The project goal is to add pedestrian detection capabilities, so as to give pedestrians first-class consideration when allocating green time on traffic lights. Vehicle traffic patterns can cause excessively long wait times and an increasing tendency for pedestrians to ignore signals and cross amidst oncoming traffic. Recent work on adaptive traffic signal control in urban environments has demonstrated the potential for significant gains in vehicle travel times, traffic throughput and air quality. Our effort will aim to reduce jaywalking and illegal crossings, and, therefore, improve the overall safety of pedestrian travel. We will leverage our recently-deployed SURTRAC adaptive traffic signal control system, and its pilot deployment in Pittsburgh. SURTRAC takes a decentralized yet coordinated approach to traffic network control. We will extend SURTRAC to consider pedestrians, and study tradeoffs against vehicle flow objectives.    
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Individuals Involved

Email Name Affiliation Role Position
sfs@cs.cmu.edu Smith, Stephen Robotics Institute PI Faculty - Tenured
xie@wiomax.com Xie, Xiao-Feng Robotics Institute Co-PI Student - PhD

Budget

Amount of UTC Funds Awarded
$50000.00
Total Project Budget (from all funding sources)
$50000.00

Documents

Type Name Uploaded
Final Report Pedestrian_Friendly_traffic_signals.pdf April 2, 2018, 5:13 a.m.
Publication Coping with large traffic volumes in schedule-driven traffic signal control Oct. 24, 2020, 7:22 p.m.
Publication Cooperative Schedule-Driven Intersection Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Oct. 24, 2020, 7:22 p.m.

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