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

Table 6

Pedestrian phase cutoffs for the scenarios with WB trains.

	One train in WB		Three trains in WB		Five trains in WB
33rd St intersection	Scenario 0-W-1	Scenario 1-W-1	Scenario 0-W-3	Scenario 1-W-3	Scenario 0-W-5	Scenario 1-W-5
# of ped cutoffs	27	0	98	1	131	15
# of ped events	50	50	150	150	231	231
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	52.0%	0.0%	65.3%	0.7%	56.7%	6.5%
Reduction	100.0		99.0		88.5
35th St Intersection	Scenario 0-W-1	Scenario 1-W-1	Scenario 0-W-3	Scenario 1-W-3	Scenario 0-W-5	Scenario 1-W-5
# of ped cutoffs	24	0	75	12	108	10
# of ped events	50	50	150	150	232	232
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	48.0%	0.0%	50.0%	8.0%	46.6%	4.3%
Reduction	100.0		84.0		90.7
44th St intersection	Scenario 0-W-1	Scenario 1-W-1	Scenario 0-W-3	Scenario 1-W-3	Scenario 0-W-5	Scenario 1-W-5
# of ped cutoffs	30	0	82	0	145	9
# of ped events	50	50	150	150	246	246
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	60.0%	0.0%	54.7%	0.0%	58.9%	3.7%
Reduction	100.0		100.0		93.8