Reservation-based cooperative traffic management at an intersection of multi-lane roads

It is important to determine the most appropriate intersection crossing plan for a given traffic mix. For this, the performance of a reservation-based cooperative traffic management at an intersection of multi-lane roads are evaluated for different traffic mixes and intersection crossing plans. It is observed through simulation that delays on the intersection entrance can be significantly reduced by using properly chosen intersection crossing plan for a given traffic mix. We believe that this observation can be used to adaptively determine the appropriate plans for changing traffic mixes.

I. Introduction

Conventional traffic system uses traffic lights as road signals to control the flow of traffic at an intersection. However, the use of fixed time controlled traffic light is not efficient when vehicles are required to stop and wait at the entrance of the intersection because the traffic signal is red even though no other vehicle is currently crossing the intersection.