Welcome! This blog is a collection of all sorts of things we want to record either for ourselves of things we think might be of use for others. Articles are from Birgit and Matt Fullerton; maybe at some point our kids will write some articles too.

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  1. Generate a movie from SUMO

    SUMO, the open-source traffic simulation tool, does not have a simple option to output a movie. Using TraCI, the UDP-based control interface for SUMO, you can quickly generate a set of images from your simulation: import traci import sys import subprocess #change if necessary PORT = 8816 sumoProcess = subprocess.Popen("C:\path\to\sumo-gui \"C:\path\to\simfile.sumocfg\"", shell=True, stdout=sys.stdout) print "SUMO

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  2. Green Wave FAIL

    In Munich we have a few "green waves" - sets of traffic lights along arterial streets that are coordinated for a certain speed so that vehicles can move through the city without stopping. Although they're a nice idea, they seem to fool many a driver into thinking they're on the Autobahn …

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