Overview

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2557 consists of 11 papers that explore traffic signal systems, including:

• Signal Timing for Diverging Diamond Interchanges: Fundamentals, Concepts, and Recommended Applications
• High-Resolution Field Evaluation of Radar-Based Dilemma Zone Protection System
• Impact of Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory on Unsignalized Side-Street Traffic
• Innovative Method for Remotely Fine-Tuning Offsets Along a Diverging Diamond Interchange Corridor
• Multimodal Data Analytics Comparative Visualization Tool: Case Study of Pedestrian Crossing Design
• Understanding the Factors Underlying Variation in Detection Errors of Video- and Thermal-Imaging Cameras
• Performance Analysis of Centralized and Distributed Systems for Urban Traffic Control
• Predictive–Tentative Transit Signal Priority with Self-Organizing Traffic Signal Control
• Efficient Priority Control Model for Multimodal Traffic Signals
• Safety-Related Guidelines for Time-of-Day Changes in Left-Turn Phasing
• Characterizing Emergency Vehicle Preemption Operation with High-Resolution Traffic Signal Event Data

• Volume 2557, 2016

  Traffic Signal Systems, Vol. 1

  Signal Timing for Diverging Diamond Interchanges Fundamentals, Concepts, and Recommended Applications Christopher Cunningham, Bastian J. Schroeder, Stacie Phillips, Thomas Urbanik, Shannon Warchol, and Alison Tanaka 2557, pp. 1–10 Abstract | References | PDF (2347 KB)

  High-Resolution Field Evaluation of Radar-Based Dilemma Zone Protection System Montasir M. Abbas, Qichao Wang, Bryan Higgs, Donia Zaheri Sarabi, Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, and Milos N. Mladenovic 2557, pp. 11–23 Abstract | References | PDF (11969 KB)

  Impact of Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory on Unsignalized Side-Street Traffic Danilo Radivojevic, Jelka Stevanovic, and Aleksandar Stevanovic 2557, pp. 24–32 Abstract | References | PDF (1476 KB)

  Innovative Method for Remotely Fine-Tuning Offsets Along a Diverging Diamond Interchange Corridor SangKey Kim, Shannon Warchol, Bastian J. Schroeder, and Christopher Cunningham 2557, pp. 33–43 Abstract | References | PDF (5114 KB)

  Multimodal Data Analytics Comparative Visualization Tool Case Study of Pedestrian Crossing Design Shayan Khoshmagham, K. Larry Head, Yiheng Feng, and Mehdi Zamanipour 2557, pp. 44–54 Abstract | References | PDF (3229 KB)

  Understanding the Factors Underlying Variation in Detection Errors of Video- and Thermal-Imaging Cameras Jidong Yang, Bashan Zuo, and Sung-Hee Kim 2557, pp. 55–65 Abstract | References | PDF (4112 KB)

  Performance Analysis of Centralized and Distributed Systems for Urban Traffic Control Andy H. F. Chow and Rui Sha 2557, pp. 66–76 Abstract | References | PDF (640 KB)

  Predictive–Tentative Transit Signal Priority with Self-Organizing Traffic Signal Control SayedBahman Moghimidarzi, Peter G. Furth, and Burak Cesme 2557, pp. 77–85 Abstract | References | PDF (4278 KB)

  Efficient Priority Control Model for Multimodal Traffic Signals Mehdi Zamanipour, K. Larry Head, Yiheng Feng, and Shayan 2557, pp. 86–99 Abstract | References | PDF (2857 KB)

  Safety-Related Guidelines for Time-of-Day Changes in Left-Turn Phasing Gary A. Davis, Vahid Moshtagh, and John Hourdos 2557, pp. 100–107 Abstract | References | PDF (1029 KB)

  Characterizing Emergency Vehicle Preemption Operation with High-Resolution Traffic Signal Event Data Chih-Sheng Chou and Andrew P. Nichols 2557, pp. 108–121 Abstract | References | PDF (810 KB)