At most of the US signal, pedestrian walk timings run in concurrence with relevant
vehicular traffic signal phases which means that major-street coordinated operations can
be interrupted by a pedestrian call. Such interruption may increase delays and stops for
major traffic flows. An alternative to this design is to increase the cycle length and embed
pedestrian timings within the ring-barrier structure of the prevailing coordination plan.
Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. This study attempts a novel approach
to address this situation by a comprehensive experimental evaluation of traffic performance
under various pedestrian signal timing strategies. Findings show that either
abovementioned approach works well for very low traffic demands. When the traffic
demand increases findings cannot be generalized as they differ for major coordinated
movements versus overall network performance. While coordinated movements prefer no
interruption of the coordinated operations, the overall network performance is better in the
other case. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_40913 |
| Contributors | Chowdhury, Sharmin-E-Shams (author), Stevanovic, Aleksandar (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 90 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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