Title :
MOTION for SITRAFFIC - a modern approach to urban traffic control
Author :
Busch, Fritz ; Kruse, Guenter
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The paper describes SITRAFFIC and MOTION. SITRAFFIC is a modern advanced traffic management system for urban traffic control (UTC) and other applications. The traffic control concept is decentralized and hierarchical. MOTION forms the core online model of SITRAFFIC UTC; it optimizes the control variables of the traffic lights in the network. MOTION includes incident detection, automatic signal plan generation and advanced features for public transport prioritization. Some results of the different system evaluations are reported as well as aspects of recent installations in European cities
Keywords :
adaptive control; decentralised control; hierarchical systems; public utilities; road traffic; signalling; traffic control; traffic information systems; MOTION; SITRAFFIC; adaptive control; automatic incident detection; decentralized control; hierarchical systems; public transport; traffic management system; traffic signal control; urban traffic control; Automatic control; Cities and towns; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Intelligent systems; Lighting control; Modems; Motion control; Protocols; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Oakland, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7194-1
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2001.948630
