Abstract :
When a vehicle moves through a series of green lights, avoiding red signals in a two-dimensional (2d) city traffic network, the vehicle describes a characteristic trajectory (green-light path) and the travel time has a minimal value. The green-light path depends on the cycle time, split, signal-control strategy, and fluctuations of vehicular speed. We clarify the effect of speed fluctuations on a green-light path in a 2d traffic network controlled by signals. Even if an extremely small quantity of speed fluctuation is added, the green-light path changes greatly. It is shown that the root-mean square (RMS) of the deviation from the mean path depends highly on the cycle time. Also, the dependence of the green-light path on the speed-fluctuation strength is shown under a constant value of cycle time.
