Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
UMass Transportation Center
March 14, 2024 – 11:00 am PT
This free webinar will discuss the Safe Waves approach to traffic signal timing, a new concept in arterial road speed management which aims to minimize the number of speeding opportunities while still providing good progression. A speeding opportunity is a vehicle arriving at a signalized intersection on a stale green and with no vehicle ahead of it for 5 seconds. With conventional coordinated signal timing, a large proportion of arriving vehicles can be speeding opportunities. Safe Waves techniques include short coordination zones with short cycles, avoiding large clusters of intersections with simultaneous green offsets, and pedestrian recall.
A new app, the Safe Waves Analysis Tool (SWAT), enables designers to visualize and quantify the speeding opportunities that arise from an existing or proposed signal timing plan.
Presenters: Peter Furth, Professor Northeastern University and James Danila, MassDOT State Traffic Engineer
Contact University of Massachusetts Transportation Center at 413-545-2604 regarding this free webinar.
Register to attend the free webinar.