Vujić, M.; Gregurić, M.; Dedić, L.; Nečoska, D.K. The Impact of Unconditional Priority for Escorted Vehicles in Traffic Networks on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Sustainability2024, 16, 151.
Vujić, M.; Gregurić, M.; Dedić, L.; Nečoska, D.K. The Impact of Unconditional Priority for Escorted Vehicles in Traffic Networks on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Sustainability 2024, 16, 151.
Vujić, M.; Gregurić, M.; Dedić, L.; Nečoska, D.K. The Impact of Unconditional Priority for Escorted Vehicles in Traffic Networks on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Sustainability2024, 16, 151.
Vujić, M.; Gregurić, M.; Dedić, L.; Nečoska, D.K. The Impact of Unconditional Priority for Escorted Vehicles in Traffic Networks on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Sustainability 2024, 16, 151.
Abstract
Efficient traffic systems control in large cities with complex traffic management of signalized intersections is a challenging task, particularly when dealing with high traffic volumes. The city of Zagreb faces this challenge, as all administrative and governmental institutions are located in the old city centre, and routes for escorted vehicles have a significant impact on the traffic network. This paper addresses the issue of the impact of unconditional priority for escorted vehicles on the energy efficiency of the urban traffic network in the city of Zagreb. The traffic network model is developed by using the PTV Vissim microsimulation software. The evaluation was conducted with node (delay, queue length, number of stops) and network evaluation parameters (CO2 emission, NOx emission, PM10 emission, and fuel consumption). The results show that unconditional priority has minimal impact on energy consumption and exhaust emission in the observed scenario. This is a significant result considering all actions that have to be done to manage the passage of the escorted vehicles through the traffic network.
Keywords
signalized intersections; intelligent transport systems; adaptive traffic control; sustainable smart city concept
Subject
Engineering, Transportation Science and Technology
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