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Economic adaptive traffic signal system: design and operation

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Due to budget limitation, the signalized intersections might be operated in fixed-time system, thus resulting in a low-performance operation. This paper attempts to introduce an economic adaptive traffic signal system that depends mainly on three simple techniques. The real-time delays are estimated using Google Maps. Accordingly, the timing plan is updated resulting in changing traffic light indication through a simple wireless communication module. Moreover, the timing plans would be displayed on two webpages: one to help in traffic surveillance and control and the other to help in selecting the best routes. The impact of the proposed system has been examined through a signalized intersection in Egypt using a microsimulation model. The results showed that the proposed system could decrease the traffic delays by 24%, compared to the fixed-time system. Future work is intended to thoroughly study the security perspectives and to validate the whole proposed system on real intersections.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt

    Alsayed Alsobky

  2. Faculty of Engineering, German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed Saeed & Ibrahim El-Dimeery

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Alsobky, A., Saeed, A. & El-Dimeery, I. Economic adaptive traffic signal system: design and operation. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 7, 285 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00881-1

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