redlight_approach

redlight_approach is a Python package that computes an optimal motion plan during traffic light approach.

Given the parameters of the road and vehicle, and a probability distribution describing when the traffic light will turn green, redlight_approach finds the optimal motion plan to minimize the expected amount of time spent traversing the intersection. It enacts the motion plan in a SUMO simulation, and a standard human driver is simulated for comparison. It reports the difference in time between the vehicles. The simulation above is cherry-picked, but the normal behavior samples a number of red light durations from traffic light probability distribution. Preliminary findings show that this traffic light approach planner will save vehicles time in realistic scenarios.

Requirements

  1. Linux or macOS
  2. Miniconda or Anaconda
    To install, visit Conda Installation
  3. SUMO: Installation instructions for Linux (Ubuntu) and macOS

Install SUMO (Ubuntu)

  1. Build SUMO from source (see SUMO Linux Build for more details)

    sudo apt-get install git cmake python3 g++ libxerces-c-dev libfox-1.6-dev libgdal-dev libproj-dev libgl2ps-dev
    git clone --recursive https://github.com/eclipse/sumo
    export SUMO_HOME="$PWD/sumo"
    mkdir sumo/build/cmake-build && cd sumo/build/cmake-build
    cmake ../..
    make -j$(nproc)
    sudo make install

Install SUMO (macOS)

  1. Install Homebrew if you don't have it:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

  2. Install XQuartz with Homebrew:

    brew install --cask xquartz

  3. Install SUMO with Homebrew:

    brew tap dlr-ts/sumo
    brew install sumo

Installation of redlight_approach

  1. Edit .bashrc or .zshrc:

  • Add these lines to your shell's config file:

    # Your .bashrc or .zshrc file

export SUMO_HOME="/path/to/sumo"
export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/parent/"

  • Replace /path/to/sumo above with your sumo location, which you can find with which sumo.

  • Replace /path/to/parent above with the directory into which you clone this repo, which you can find with pwd.

  • Load these environment variables with

    source ~/.bashrc
# or 
source ~/.zshrc

  1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/basilforlife/redlight_approach.git

  2. Change directories to the root of redlight_approach:

    cd redlight_approach

  3. Create and activate conda env:

    conda env create -f environment.yml
    conda activate rla

  4. If you're going to contribute, add pre-commit hooks:

    pre-commit install

Usage

Confirm installation was successful with the test suite:

pytest

Typical Use

Run the default scenario with the -g (graphical) option:
Note: on macOS, XQuartz must be running in order to use the graphical option. Start XQuartz from the application folder.

python simple_comparison.py -c parameter_files/original.json -g

To speed up future runs use the the -p <filename> option:

python simple_comparison.py -c parameter_files/original.json -p original.pickle

On subsequent runs, use -u <filename> to load the same configuration as before:

python simple_comparison.py -u original.pickle

To plot the result of N runs, use the -N option:

python simple_comparison.py -u original.pickle -N 100

For a complete list of options, use the -h option:

python simple_comparison.py -h

GitHub

https://github.com/basilforlife/redlight_approach