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Publication
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Paper
Effects of random travel times on the design of traffic light progressions
Abstract
We consider a model of non-interacting two-way traffic for the design of a sequence of two consecutive traffic lights. In order to calculate the optimal offset we maximize the probability of traversing the system without stopping and assume a given travel time distribution. The results are compared to the current engineering design. © 1966.