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Traffic Control Systems and Emissions
- Project Team:
- Project Leader: Prof. Biswajit Basu
- Research student: Tim Pattison
- Description:
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This project aims to determine the effects that various traffic control systems have on vehicle emissions. Control systems with fixed timing plans, and systems with adaptive signal control such as SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique) and SCATS (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System) will be examined. Adaptive systems use sensors to record real-time data such as vehicle counts and queuing lengths, and the signal timings are then adjusted according to demand. These adaptive systems will be modelled using VISSIM micro-simulation software, and optimisation techniques will then be employed with the objective function of reducing the amount of harmful emissions released into the atmosphere.
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