Effectiveness of Signal Coordination for Pedestrian Flows Considering Bi-directional Flow Impacts

Wael alhajyaseen's picture
Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Asian Transport Studies ATS, Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), Vol. 2
Year of Publication: 
2012
Authors: 
Wael Alhajyaseen
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine
Meng LI
Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Hideki Nakamura
Department of Civil Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Winnie DAAMEN
Department of Transport & Planning Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology
Preferred Abstract (Original): 
Existing signal control strategies do not consider pedestrian flows in optimizing signal parameters, which may impose significant delays on pedestrians. This study aims to investigate the rationality and effectiveness of designing signal coordination for pedestrians. A numerical case study in Japan is analyzed. Field survey is conducted to collect the geometric characteristics, signal timings and vehicular traffic condition information. In a parallel approach, the performances of signal coordination for vehicular and pedestrian traffic are estimated by using the vehicular traffic simulation tool Synchro/SimTraffic and the pedestrian simulation tool NOMAD. The results showed that the coordination for the major pedestrian flow led to a significant reduction in average delay (15%). Generally, it is concluded that the effectiveness of pedestrian signal coordination is not guaranteed but depends on the relationship between pedestrian platoon dispersion and the signal cycle length.
AttachmentSize
Effectiveness_of_Signal_Coordination_for_Pedestrian_Flows_Considering_Bi-directional_Flow_Impacts.pdf405.02 KB