AbstractThis paper describes an adaptive control approach to improve urban mobility and relieve congestion. The basic idea consists in monitoring and controlling aggregate vehicular accumulations at the neighborhood level. To do this, physical models of the gridlock phenomenon are presented both for single neighborhoods and for systems of inter-connected neighborhoods. The models are dynamic, aggregate and only require observable inputs. The latter can be obtained in real-time if the neighborhoods are properly instrumented. Therefore, the models can be used for adaptive control. Experiments should determine accuracy. Pareto-efficient strategies are shown to exist for the single-neighborhood case, and optimality principles are introduced for multi-neighborhood systems. The principles can be used without knowing the origin–destination table or the precise system dynamics.


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    Title :

    Urban gridlock: Macroscopic modeling and mitigation approaches


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2006-03-10


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English