Signal Timing Optimization for Corridors with Multiple Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Using Genetic Algorithm

Table 5

Pedestrian phase cutoffs for the scenarios with EB trains.

	One train in EB		Three trains in EB		Five trains in EB
33rd St intersection	Scenario 0-E-1	Scenario 1-E-1	Scenario 0-E-3	Scenario 1-E-3	Scenario 0-E-5	Scenario 1-E-5
# of ped cutoffs	35	0	88	1	131	6
# of ped events	50	50	150	150	228	229
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	70.0%	0.0%	58.7%	0.7%	57.5%	2.6%
Reduction	100.0		98.9		95.4
35th St intersection	Scenario 0-E-1	Scenario 1-E-1	Scenario 0-E-3	Scenario 1-E-3	Scenario 0-E-5	Scenario 1-E-5
# of ped cutoffs	27	0	79	2	118	14
# of ped events	50	50	150	150	231	231
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	54.0%	0.0%	52.7%	1.3%	51.1%	6.1%
Reduction	100.0		97.5		88.1
44th St intersection	Scenario 0-E-1	Scenario 1-E-1	Scenario 0-E-3	Scenario 1-E-3	Scenario 0-E-5	Scenario 1-E-5
# of ped cutoffs	28	0	81	0	133	15
# of ped events	50	50	143	143	238	238
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	56.0%	0.0%	56.6%	0.0%	55.6%	6.3%
Reduction	100.0		100.0		88.7