IN-TUC : Application and Evaluation in Glasgow

Integrated Traffic-Responsive Urban Control Strategy IN-TUC: Application and Evaluation in Glasgow

Christina Diakaki¹, Markos Papageorgiou¹ and Tom McLean²

^{1 Dynamic Systems and
Simulation Laboratory, Technical University of Crete,

University Campus, 73100 Chania, Greece

² Roads and Transportation Department, Glasgow City Council, Richmond Exchange,
20 Cadogan Street,

Glasgow G2 7AD, Great Britain

Abstract

The paper presents the integrated
traffic-responsive urban corridor control strategy IN-TUC (INtegrated - Traffic-responsive
Urban Control), which was developed and applied to the M8 corridor network
in Glasgow within the European Transport Telematics project TABASCO (Telematics
Applications in Bavaria, Scotland, and Others). The aim of the strategy is to provide, at
suitably defined control intervals, traffic-responsive settings for the various control
elements included in a corridor network area. The results of the preliminary simulation
investigations as well as the results of the field implementation and evaluation of the
strategy seem very promising both for the particular site and for integrated corridor
control systems in general.

Key words: signal
control, route diversion, ramp metering, traffic-responsive control, integrated control.}