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A Passive Traffic Signal Priority Control Algorithm for Emergency Vehicles

긴급차량 우선신호 센터제어 알고리즘 개발

  • Lee, Jongwoo (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Soong-bong (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jinsoo (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Um, Ki Hun (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Young-Ihn (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University)
  • 이종우 (서울대학교 환경대학원 환경계획학과) ;
  • 이숭봉 (서울대학교 환경대학원 환경계획학과) ;
  • 이진수 (서울대학교 환경대학원 환경계획학과) ;
  • 엄기훈 (서울대학교 환경대학원 환경계획학과) ;
  • 이영인 (서울대학교 환경대학원 환경계획학과)
  • Received : 2017.04.10
  • Accepted : 2017.05.04
  • Published : 2017.06.30

Abstract

This study develops a passive traffic signal priority control algorithm for emergency vehicles. The passive priority control estimates and applies signal times for each signalized intersection on the emergency vehicle's route when an emergency call is received. As signals are controlled before the emergency vehicle leaves for its destination, it is possible to clear the queues at each intersection more effectively. Most of the previous studies applied preemption, which ends green time of cross streets when the emergency vehicle arrives at each intersection. This study applies green extension and early green in order not to shift the order of phases, and guarantees minimum green time for each phase. Simulation results show that the delay of emergency vehicles decreases when the signals are controlled. It is expected that delays can be decreased further by integrating the active priority control with the passive priority control algorithm presented in this study.

본 연구에서는 긴급차량 우선신호 센터제어 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 센터제어는 긴급차량 출동 요청이 접수되면 긴급차량 경로의 각 교차로에 대하여 신호시간을 산출 및 적용한다. 긴급차량 출발 이전에 신호시간을 제어하기 때문에 대기차량을 보다 효과적으로 소거할 수 있다. 대부분의 기존 연구에서는 긴급차량 도착 시점에 부도로의 녹색현시를 종료하는 preemption 방식을 적용하였다. 본 연구에서는 현시순서를 변경하지 않기 위해 Green Extension과 Early Green만을 적용하였고 각 현시별 최소녹색시간을 보장하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 신호를 제어하였을 때 긴급차량의 지체는 신호를 제어하지 않았을 때에 비해 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 본 연구에서 제시한 센터제어 알고리즘에 현장제어를 결합하여 긴급차량의 실시간 위치와 교차로 통과 여부를 반영하면 긴급차량의 지체를 추가로 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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