AMONES (completed 2009)

Use and Analysis of model-based Network-control-methods in urban road networks

Within the project AMONES, we would like to research the effects of model-based network-control-methods on traffic and environment within a BALANCE-testsite, within a MOTION-testsite and within a virtual testsite (simulation). By comprehensive empirical investigations in the 2 testsites and additional simulation studies the following questions shall be answreded:

• Which advantages can be achieved by a model-based control-method over a conventional traffic-actuated control-method, in particular by good coordination of the traffic lights in the network?  
• Which environmental effects are achievable by model-based control-methods? What can be accounted for the reduction and the better areal allocation of air pollutants and for the observing of the immission limit values (e.g. for the particulate matter contamination) in urban road networks?
• Which level of advancement can already be achieved by the (in system techniques terms) simple and low capital-cost consuming solution of rule-based signal-program-selection?
• Which indicators must be measured in which quality, and which measurement points and measuring periods are necessary to make reliable statements of the effects on traffic and environment by a certain control?