Preventing Intersection Rear-End Collisions with an Optimized Dynamic Two-Stage Actuated Control

AbstractTo minimize the likelihood of having rear-end collisions at signalized intersections, this study presents two algorithms for use with an actuated signal controller and the wide-ranger senso...

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