Research Article

Signal Timing Optimization for Transit Priority at Near-Saturated Intersections

Table 1

Symbol definitions.

TypeSymbolDefinition

Input parametersjSet of movements, j = 1 for movement 1
Arrival rate for movement j (veh/s)
Saturation flow for movement j (veh/s)
Cycle length (s)
Length of green time for movement j (s)
Amount of movement j
Average passenger occupancy of private vehicles (per/veh)
Passenger occupancy of buses (per/veh)
Set of scenarios, for scenario 1, for scenario 2, and for scenario 3
Space headway for queuing vehicles (m)
Queue length limitation for movement j (m)
Minimum green time for pedestrian crossing the street (s)

Intermediate variablesNumber of vehicles before stop line when the green light period is over in scenario k
Cumulative number of vehicles of movement j at points A, B, C, D, E and F in scenario k
Time of queue dissipation of movement j in scenario k (s)
Largest queue length of movement j in scenario k (m)

Decision variablesIncreased delay of movement j caused by the green light extension in scenario k (s)
Length of green extension of movement j in scenario k (s)
Passenger delay increment of private vehicles on the movement j in scenario k (s)
Passenger delay increment of private vehicles at the intersection (s)
Passenger delay increment of buses at the intersection (s)