Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.
Traffic control installation
- Publication category
- Other algorithms
- Impact assessment
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- Status
- In use
General information
Theme
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Responsible use
Goal and impact
The aim is to improve road safety, traffic flow and accessibility.
It impacts everyone participating in traffic, yet we expect this algorithm to have a low impact. This is because it will be more efficient, but the road user may not notice much.
Considerations
The advantage of deploying this algorithm is that traffic can flow better and smarter. The disadvantage is that traffic is only registered close to the intersection because the detection loops are relatively close to the traffic light.
Human intervention
The municipality can set its own parameters, such as how long the traffic light is green. In addition, the outcomes are monitored and adjusted. This allows the municipality to respond to changing traffic flows.
Risk management
The system meets all applicable safety requirements and is highly secured. For instance, it is not possible to set all directions to green.
In addition, failures are monitored and the systems are properly maintained.
The data from the detection loops are anonymous and cannot be traced back to road users.
Legal basis
The Road Traffic Act 1994 (WVW) is the basis for all traffic rules. The basic principle here is the smoothness and flow of traffic and that no one should cause a nuisance or danger on the road.
Links to legal bases
Operations
Data
Detection by sensors (loops) in the road.
Technical design
The traffic light receives signals about traffic approaching through the loops in the road. The detection loops only detect that there is traffic, not what kind of traffic is coming.
If the detection loops signal traffic, it is not yet the case that whoever comes first has first turn. Usually, the system does keep track of who has been waiting the longest. If it is busy in all directions, there is a fixed cycle that is completed. Each direction has to take its turn anyway, provided traffic is detected by the detection loop.
The loops also detect whether there is still traffic on the loop. This may extend the green time (the maximum green time is defined and set as a parameter). If the lane is empty and nothing is detected on the loop detection either, the light can change to yellow and red, to give other directions the turn.
The way the algorithms control traffic is a translation of local choices.
External provider
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