Feasibility Study Tool Urban Network Management
15071
From 2016 to 2017
TML explored the commercial feasibility of developing a tool for the strategic design of traffic light schemes at network level rather than intersection level, starting from the policy requirements within an urban environment.
Tools already exist to design traffic light schemes at a single intersection. The innovative element of this tool is that designing traffic light schemes is no longer approached as a stand-alone problem, but as a sub-problem within shaping a broader mobility vision.
Given that traffic lights are only one of the tools available for shaping a mobility vision, this involved investigating the feasibility of further broadening the scope of the tool to include other urban mobility tools (e.g., design circulation plans, parking policies) so as to increase its commercial feasibility. Defining these functions and specifications was therefore an essential part of this study.
Tools already exist to design traffic light schemes at a single intersection. The innovative element of this tool is that designing traffic light schemes is no longer approached as a stand-alone problem, but as a sub-problem within shaping a broader mobility vision.
Given that traffic lights are only one of the tools available for shaping a mobility vision, this involved investigating the feasibility of further broadening the scope of the tool to include other urban mobility tools (e.g., design circulation plans, parking policies) so as to increase its commercial feasibility. Defining these functions and specifications was therefore an essential part of this study.
