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As a software engineer who worked in support of civil engineers 7 years ago, I'm not exactly an expert myself, just picked up bits of domain knowledge on the jo
by __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
As a software engineer who worked in support of civil engineers 7 years ago, I'm not exactly an expert myself, just picked up bits of domain knowledge on the job. And yeah, what you're describing re: left turns makes sense. I know there's a hybrid mode where you only serve the turns if there is demand, but otherwise you're running coordinated--but I am not sure about the nuances re: how the interplay of those modes actually works.
I expect that there are certain conditions which would indeed benefit from what you're describing. Especially if the signals could inform one another that a platoon is heading that way. On a straight shot under light conditions you might end up having to stop only once, after which you're now on a path that was coordinated precisely for you.
- DCH3416 2y agoI've always wanted to run a traffic simulation to see how well that type of configuration would work. Because if you look at your car's trip computer the average speed from stop and go traffic tends to hover around half the prevailing speed. Traffic signals in holland seem to operate similar to how I described. I'm just not sure how that would translate to somewhere like the US where you have much higher traffic volumes and faster (crazier) drivers.