ALGORITHMIC METHOD FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS REGULATION PROJECT IN THE CITY OF SHKODRA

Abstract

s the largest center of social, economic and cultural development in Northern Albania, Shkodra has undergone significant changes in the last two decades. Like all Albania, it was also affected by migration and urbanization phenomena, which necessitated profound improvements in road infrastructure, both urban and interurban. The largest artery of the Albanian Road Network, the North-South Corridor, comprising most of its main interurban roads, crosses the territory of the Region. Demographic changes also conditioned the need to design new transport systems to cope with an increased flow of vehicles. We think that this paper contributes to this goal, which theoretically addresses the problems of improving the traffic lightening of the city of Shkodra, combined with the use of Intelligent Transport Systems. Based on the experience and literature of European developed countries in this regard, we analyzed some of the most commonly used algorithms to find the most optimal project solution. Comparison between methods and calibration of different values of topology variables serve for engineering calculations of traffic flows. The latter are then part of projects for remedial intervention in the existing infrastructure network.