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

Table 7

Pedestrian phase cutoffs for the scenarios with trains in both directions.

	One train in both		Three trains in both		Five trains in both
33rd St intersection	Scenario 0-B-1	Scenario 1-B-1	Scenario 0-B-3	Scenario 1-B-3	Scenario 0-B-5	Scenario 1-B-5
# of ped cutoffs	27	0	80	1	128	14
# of ped events	52	52	157	157	222	216
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	50.0%	0.0%	51.0%	0.6%	57.7%	6.5%
Reduction	100.0		98.8		88.8
35th St intersection	Scenario 0-B-1	Scenario 1-B-1	Scenario 0-B-3	Scenario 1-B-3	Scenario 0-B-5	Scenario 1-B-5
# of ped cutoffs	32	0	79	15	109	10
# of ped events	51	51	154	154	203	203
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	62.7%	0.0%	51.3%	9.7%	53.7%	4.9%
Reduction	100.0		81.0		90.8
44th St intersection	Scenario 0-B-1	Scenario 1-B-1	Scenario 0-B-3	Scenario 1-B-3	Scenario 0-B-5	Scenario 1-B-5
# of ped cutoffs	45	14	134	36	152	63
# of ped events	69	71	216	219	289	289
% pedestrian phase cutoffs	65.2%	19.7%	62.0%	16.4%	52.6%	21.8%
Reduction	69.8		73.5		58.6