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Automatic traffic light control software
- Publication category
- Other algorithms
- Impact assessment
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- Status
- In use
General information
Theme
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Contact information
Link to publication website
Responsible use
Goal and impact
The aim is to design control programmes for traffic lights.
It works well if TLCGen generates the right control programme that complies with the laws and rules about traffic lights. And if the control programme is properly tuned for that particular intersection in terms of safe and smooth.
A citizen comes into contact with the algorithm when using public space as a participant in traffic and notices the optimal tuning of the green phases of traffic lights.
Considerations
No, there are no equally suitable alternatives. There are other generators of traffic control programmes available, however, for the average Hague intersection, they involve more manual work than TLCGen and therefore higher risk for the road manager and lower manageability.
Human intervention
Human intervention is purely aimed at providing input to the control programme.
Risk management
There are no specific risks in terms of privacy issues around personal data. Bias does not play a role. TLCGen is certified by the Statistic Committee of Talking Traffic (national partnership). This means we meet the highest standards.
Legal basis
This follows from the statutory duty of the road authority and the Road Traffic Act.
Operations
Data
These are data related to the physical layout of intersections and the traffic choices that follow. The physical characteristics of the intersection and the sequence distribution of traffic flows desirable for safe and smooth traffic flow.
Technical design
See website https://www.codingconnected.eu/software/tlcgen/
TLCGen is an application for creating/generating traffic control programmes for traffic lights. It thus generates a control programme for an intersection that is grafted on to that location and ensures vellige and smooth traffic flow. The inputs are the physical characteristics of the intersection and the sequence distribution of traffic flows, combined with laws, rules and traffic policy principles.
The control programme to be created from the generator works with information from detection loops in the road and push buttons at traffic lights (which are ones and zeros), not personal data.