Description

This theme establishes a comprehensive scientific, mathematical, computational, and operational framework for investigating, modelling, managing, and optimizing traffic movement within urban road networks, highway corridors, signalized intersections, and integrated transportation systems. It examines the relationships among traffic demand, roadway capacity, intersection control, vehicle interactions, congestion formation, route selection, and network-wide traffic coordination. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding how traffic management strategies, intelligent signal control, dynamic traffic assignment, advanced simulation techniques, and emerging artificial intelligence technologies can improve transportation efficiency, reduce congestion, minimize travel delays, and enhance the reliability of road networks under varying operational conditions.