TY - GEN
T1 - Improving people's accessibility through a fully actuated signal control at intersections with high density of pedestrians
AU - Jauregui, Christian
AU - Torres, Maria
AU - Silvera, Manuel
AU - Campos, Fernando
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/9/30
Y1 - 2020/9/30
N2 - The fully actuated signal control detects the pedestrian density using sensors and, according to that, it prioritizes pedestrians crossing. One major problem, worldwide, is using fixed time traffic light as a traffic regulator at intersections with high pedestrian and vehicular volume. Lima is no exception, continuing to use this kind of traffic lights completely harms pedestrian accessibility, it increases their waiting and crossing times, it also affects road safety and service levels at the structures. The proposal on this article is to design a fully actuated signal control using logical controls that are able to perceive the pedestrian density on the refuge islands, making everything more accessible. In order to do this, a study to identify the pedestrian and vehicle volume was conducted on the Lima Panamerican highway. There was a total of 7506 pedestrians during rush hour, proving there is a large amount of people at the intersection at that time. Thereby, by using the VisVap module of the Vissim, the study managed to simulate and validate the priority control required. All in all, the results showed a remarkable improvement, the pedestrian crossing time was reduced by 6.84% and the service level of the intersection went from E to D.
AB - The fully actuated signal control detects the pedestrian density using sensors and, according to that, it prioritizes pedestrians crossing. One major problem, worldwide, is using fixed time traffic light as a traffic regulator at intersections with high pedestrian and vehicular volume. Lima is no exception, continuing to use this kind of traffic lights completely harms pedestrian accessibility, it increases their waiting and crossing times, it also affects road safety and service levels at the structures. The proposal on this article is to design a fully actuated signal control using logical controls that are able to perceive the pedestrian density on the refuge islands, making everything more accessible. In order to do this, a study to identify the pedestrian and vehicle volume was conducted on the Lima Panamerican highway. There was a total of 7506 pedestrians during rush hour, proving there is a large amount of people at the intersection at that time. Thereby, by using the VisVap module of the Vissim, the study managed to simulate and validate the priority control required. All in all, the results showed a remarkable improvement, the pedestrian crossing time was reduced by 6.84% and the service level of the intersection went from E to D.
KW - accessibility
KW - fully actuated signal control
KW - pedestrian density
KW - Vissim
KW - VisVap
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096623310&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CONIITI51147.2020.9240288
DO - 10.1109/CONIITI51147.2020.9240288
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096623310
T3 - 2020 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 2020 - Conference Proceedings
BT - 2020 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 2020 - Conference Proceedings
A2 - Martinez, Monica Andrea Rico
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 2020 - 2020 International Conference on Innovation and Trends in Engineering, CONIITI 2020
Y2 - 30 September 2020 through 2 October 2020
ER -