Research Article

A Collaborative Transit Signal Priority Method Considering Gaming among Traffic Participants

Table 1

Notations and definitions.

NotationsDefinitions

The average delays of buses
The average delays of nontransit vehicles
The average delays of all vehicles (both buses and nontransit vehicles are included)
The green duration of the phase in the cycle after optimization
The green duration of the phase in the cycle before optimization
The minimum green duration requirement of the phase
The minimum cycle length requirement
The length of the cycle after optimization
The length of the cycle before optimization
The maximum cycle length requirement
The saturation flow rate of the leg
The arrival rate of the leg
The duration of the control horizon
The detected moment from the start of the control horizon
The buffer time duration. Usually set as the sum of all red duration and yellow duration
The outcome of dwell time for bus detected at the cycle in the leg
The probability of the bus dwells at the station for second(s)
The moment when the bus arrives at the stop line if the bus dwells at the station for second(s)
The start moment of the nearest unfinished green stage for leg at cycle
The delays of the bus if the bus dwells at the station for second(s)
The moment when the queue is cleared in cycle in leg in scenario
The maximum allowed degree of saturation in leg
The phase that grants right-of-way to cars in leg
The design operation speed for buses in leg
The end time of the phase in cycle after optimization
The end time of the phase in cycle before optimization
A binary variable indicating whether the end moment of the phase in the cycle is changeable
A large enough positive number
The mathematical expectation of the random variable
The delays of nontransit vehicles in leg , cycle , and under the scenario
The delays of nontransit vehicles in leg and cycle
An indication of whether the condition is true
The distance between the station and the stop line in leg
The distance between the detector and the stop line in leg
The number of residual nontransit vehicles in cycle , leg , and under the scenario
The number of residual nontransit vehicles in cycle and leg
The number of phases in the intersection
The number of nontransit vehicles appears in the intersection during the control horizon
The number of buses appears in the intersection during the control horizon
The number of cycles included in the control horizon
The number of legs in the intersection
The number of the outcomes of bus dwell time in the leg