Print Email Facebook Twitter Connected variable speed limits control and car-following control with vehicle-infrastructure communication to resolve stop-and-go waves Title Connected variable speed limits control and car-following control with vehicle-infrastructure communication to resolve stop-and-go waves Author Wang, M. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Daamen, W. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Hoogendoorn, S.P. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) van Arem, B. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Department Transport and Planning Date 2016-05-04 Abstract The vision of intelligent vehicles traveling in road networks has prompted numerous concepts to control future traffic flow, one of which is the in-vehicle actuation of traffic control commands. The key of this concept is using intelligent vehicles as actuators for traffic control systems. Under this concept, we design and test a control system that connects a traffic controller with in-vehicle controllers via vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The link-level traffic controller regulates traffic speeds through variable speed limits (VSL) gantries to resolve stop-and-go waves, while intelligent vehicles control accelerations through vehicle propulsion and brake systems to optimize their local situations. It is assumed that each intelligent vehicle receives VSL commands from the traffic controller and uses them as variable parameters for the local vehicle controller. Feasibility and effectiveness of the connected control paradigm are tested with simulation on a two-lane freeway stretch with intelligent vehicles randomly distributed among human-driven vehicles. Simulation shows that the connected VSL and vehicle control system improves traffic efficiency and sustainability; that is, total time spent in the network and average fuel consumption rate are reduced compared to (uncontrolled and controlled) scenarios with 100% human drivers and to uncontrolled scenarios with the same intelligent vehicle penetration rates. Subject adaptive cruise controlconnected vehiclesmoving jamvariable speed limits To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0ea69164-249d-4698-ab48-db94e369d5c7 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2016.1157022 Access restriction Campus only ISSN 1547-2450 Source Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: technology, planning, and operations, 20 (6), 559-572 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 M. Wang, W. Daamen, S.P. Hoogendoorn, B. van Arem Files PDF Connected_variable_speed_ ... _waves.pdf 1.63 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0ea69164-249d-4698-ab48-db94e369d5c7/datastream/OBJ/view