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GO Figure 2-42 shows part of a street where traffic flowis to be controlled to allow a platoon of cars to move smoothly along the street. Suppose that the platoon leaders have justreached intersection 2, where the green appeared when they were distance d from the intersection. They continue to travel at a certain speed vp (the speed limit) to reach intersection 3, where the green appears when they are distance d from it. The intersections are separated by distances D23 and D12. (a) What should be the time delay of the onset of green at intersection 3 relative to that at intersection 2 to keep the platoon moving smoothly?
Figure 2-42 Problem 76.
Suppose, instead, that the platoon had been stopped by a red light at intersection 1. When the green comes on there, the leaders require a certain time tr to respond to the change and an additional time to accelerate at some rate a to the cruising speed vp. (b) If the green at intersection 2 is to appear when the leaders are distance d from that intersection, how long after the light at intersection 1 turns green should the light at intersection 2 turn green?
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