Blue phase: Optimal network traffic control for legacy and autonomous vehicles

• Published in: Transportation research. Part B: methodological Vol. 130; pp. 105 - 129
• Main Authors: Rey, David, Levin, Michael W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Autonomous vehicles; Communications traffic; Market penetration; Materials handling; Network control; Phases; Stochasticity; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic intersections; Traffic signals; Travel; Travel demand; Travel time; Vehicles

•We propose a new, max-pressure based network traffic control policy for legacy and autonomous vehicles.•We introduce an autonomous vehicle-restricted phase, named the blue phase, to coordinate autonomous vehicles at network intersections.•We formulate a green signal phase model wherein movement cap...