Download or read book Incorporation of Connected and Automated Vehicles CAV in Travel Demand Modeling Focusing on Traffic Forecasting written by Asadur Rahman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traffic forecasting is always a challenge and the intensity of this challenge is higher when the job is to do traffic forecasts considering connected and automated vehicles (CAV). The travel demand model (TDM) is an important and incomparable tool to do traffic forecasts for transportation projects and scenarios for transportation plans. Different agencies not limited to the State Department of Transportation (DOT)s, and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)s need to develop plans, such as the long-range transportation plan and short-range transportation plan. These plans range from 4-6 years (short) to 20-30 years (long). Various researches and studies are going on considering the CAV for traffic operations, policy, and so on. Specific studies have not been conducted to provide guidelines for planning agencies to consider the CAV for transportation planning focusing on the TDM to do traffic forecasts. This research work has proposed strategies to incorporate CAV in the TDM to do traffic forecasts. This study has proposed an improvised TDM methodology considering the consequences of the emergence of CAV in the transportation system from the planning perspective. The proposed method is based on the most traditional four-step trip based TDM and to incorporate adjustments of different supply level independent variables which will guide to develop different scenarios based on the need for planning agencies and stakeholders. This research has proposed formula to estimate trip production and vehicle ownership from the intuitive reaction of CAV emergence in the near future. Multiple scenario results from this research conclude that vehicle miles travel (VMT), vehicle hours travel (VHT), and travel delay due to CAV implementation are directly related to travel behaviors such as auto occupancy and vehicle ownership. VMT, VHT, and travel delay do not always go up with the dedicated lane (DL) for CAV implementation. This research has analyzed different scenarios considering changes in single occupancy (SO) and vehicle ownership (VO) with the DLs for CAV. This research result shows that the DLs implementation for CAV with the current (according to NHTS 2017) SO and VO rate may increase VMT. Notwithstanding, case study results from this research show that 'with CAV' considering reduced SO and VO; and DL implementation, VMT may decrease up to forty percent than 'without CAV'. The transportation mobility may be challenging and chaotic if only the DLs for CAV is implemented without considering travel behaviors. Results from case studies in this research suggest implementing single DL for CAV at the beginning of implementation. Another recommendation of this research is to consider and analyze SO and VO as travel behaviors with the DLs for CAV implementation to do traffic forecasts in a transportation plan or a specific project.

Download or read book Updating Regional Transportation Planning and Modeling Tools to Address Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles written by Johanna Zmud and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol 1: Forecasting Travel Behavior in the Context of Connected and Automated Vehicles...Definitions of Automated Vehicles and Connected Vehicles...Framework for Planning and Modeling CAVs...Planning Context...Modeling Systems...Communicating under Uncertainty...Conclusions Vol 2: Introduction...Definitions of CAVs and Current Status...Uncertainties Associated with CAVs...Framework for Planning and Modeling CAVs...Planning in the Context of Uncertainty...Adapting Trip=-Based Models to Address CAVs...Adapting Disaggregate/Dynamic Models to Address CAVs...Adapting Strategic Models to Address CAVs...Communicationg in an Uncertain Environment

Download or read book Updating Regional Transportation Planning and Modeling Tools to Address Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles written by Johanna Zmud and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol 1: Forecasting Travel Behavior in the Context of Connected and Automated Vehicles...Definitions of Automated Vehicles and Connected Vehicles...Framework for Planning and Modeling CAVs...Planning Context...Modeling Systems...Communicating under Uncertainty...Conclusions Vol 2: Introduction...Definitions of CAVs and Current Status...Uncertainties Associated with CAVs...Framework for Planning and Modeling CAVs...Planning in the Context of Uncertainty...Adapting Trip=-Based Models to Address CAVs...Adapting Disaggregate/Dynamic Models to Address CAVs...Adapting Strategic Models to Address CAVs...Communicationg in an Uncertain Environment

Download or read book Fundamentals of Connected and Automated Vehicles written by Jeffrey Wishart and published by SAE International. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The automotive industry is transforming to a greater degree that has occurred since Henry Ford introduced mass production of the automobile with the Model T in 1913. Advances in computing, data processing, and artificial intelligence (deep learning in particular) are driving the development of new levels of automation that will impact all aspects of our lives including our vehicles. What are Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)? What are the underlying technologies that need to mature and converge for them to be widely deployed? Fundamentals of Connected and Automated Vehicles is written to answer these questions, educating the reader with the information required to make informed predictions of how and when CAVs will impact their lives. Topics covered include: History of Connected and Automated Vehicles, Localization, Connectivity, Sensor and Actuator Hardware, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Path Planning and Motion Control, Verification and Validation, and Outlook for future of CAVs.

Download or read book DATA DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION BASED TRANSPORTATION MODELS FOR CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : This dissertation proposes a data-driven optimization-based framework to model traffic dynamics under uncertainty including travel demand, transportation network (i.e. route choice), and connected and automated driving dynamics (on freeways and arterials) using connected vehicle data though Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), and Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) communications. To model travel demand dynamics, this dissertation proposes Distributionally Robust Stochastic Optimization (DRSO) using V2N data. A challenge of modeling travel demand dynamics directly using the real-world V2N data is the incomplete and inaccurate trajectory records from the raw data due to technical and privacy issues. Through the proposed DRSO models, this dissertation offline reconstructs the missing choices of activity locations, durations, and paths using the partially observed trajectories from a real-world connected vehicle dataset. This dataset contains around 2,800 connected vehicles over two separate months in Southeast Michigan from the Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD) project. For modeling route choice dynamics, this dissertation develops a Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) based DRSO model for the route choice problem under the impacts of travel time uncertainties and travelers' risk attitudes using vehicle trajectory data from the SPMD dataset. The proposed CVaR-DRSO model offline estimates route choices under uncertainties by using a data-driven uncertainty set. For modeling connected and automated driving, this dissertation develops DRSO-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) models with Distributionally Robust Chance Constraints (DRCC). For the connected and automated driving on freeways (i.e. uninterrupted flow facilities), a DRSO-DRCC based MPC model is proposed to improve the stability, robustness, and safety for the online longitudinal cooperative automated driving of a platoon of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) under uncertain traffic conditions by using real-time V2V data. For the energy efficient connected and automated driving on arterials (i.e. interrupted flow facilities), a DRSO-DRCC based MPC model is developed to improve the safety, energy, efficiency, driving comfort, and robustness of the automated driving on signalized arterials under traffic uncertainties by using real-time V2I and V2V data. This dissertation provides a comprehensive data-driven optimization-based framework to model the traffic dynamics using the connected vehicle data and improve the connected and automated driving control under uncertainty based on CAV technologies.

Download or read book Towards Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Highways written by Umar Zakir Abdul Hamid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines comprehensive multi-angle discussions on fully connected and automated vehicle highway implementation. It covers the current progress of the works towards autonomous vehicle highway development, which encompasses the discussion on the technical, social, and policy as well as security aspects of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) topics. This, in return, will be beneficial to a vast amount of readers who are interested in the topics of CAV, Automated Highway and Smart City, among many others. Topics include, but are not limited to, Autonomous Vehicle in the Smart City, Automated Highway, Smart-Cities Transportation, Mobility as a Service, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Data Management of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle, Autonomous Trucks, and Autonomous Freight Transportation. Brings together contributions discussing the latest research in full automated highway implementation; Discusses topics such as autonomous vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, and smart highways; Features contributions from researchers, academics, and professionals from a broad perspective.

Download or read book Road Vehicle Automation 5 written by Gereon Meyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth volume of a sub series on Road Vehicle Automation published within the Lecture Notes in Mobility. Like in previous editions, scholars, engineers and analysts from all around the world have contributed chapters covering human factors, ethical, legal, energy and technology aspects related to automated vehicles, as well as transportation infrastructure and public planning. The book is based on the Automated Vehicles Symposium which was hosted by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in San Francisco, California (USA) in July 2017.

Download or read book Developing Analysis Modeling and Simulation Tools for Connected and Automated Vehicle Applications written by Jiaqi Ma and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to document a simulation-based case study completed by the project team to investigate the effectiveness of SAE J3016 Level 1 automation technology for mitigating or solving existing transportation problems related to congestion, fuel consumption, and emissions (SAE International 2016). The case study conducted simulations on a real-world corridor, I--66 in Northern Virginia. This report discusses simulated infrastructure and connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technological strategies. The study evaluated the effectiveness of three CAV applications: cooperative adaptive cruise control, speed harmonization, and cooperative merge. The case study also evaluated the potential benefits of changes to the physical infrastructure, including dedicated ramps and a realistic managed-lane concept--a connected vehicle (CV)-- and CAV--eligible high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane--where CVs, CAVs, and HOVs (human-driven or CV and CAV) can access a left-side managed lane. The report identifies the most critical simulation parameters related to CAV algorithms, CV and CAV market penetration, traffic demand, and infrastructure enhancement alternatives and used various combinations of these factors to generate different simulation scenarios. The simulation results provide operational insights that State and local departments of transportation may use in future strategic planning for CAV programs.

Download or read book Road Vehicle Automation 7 written by Gereon Meyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the seventh volume of a sub-series on Road Vehicle Automation, published as part of the Lecture Notes in Mobility. Written by researchers, engineers and analysts from around the globe, the contributions are based on oral and poster presentations from the Automated Vehicles Symposium (AVS) 2019, held on July 15–18, 2019, in Orlando, Florida, USA. The book explores public sector activities, human factors aspects, vehicle systems and other related technological developments, as well as transportation infrastructure planning, which are expect to foster and support road vehicle automation.

Download or read book Travel Demand Forecasting Parameters and Techniques written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 716: Travel Demand Forecasting: Parameters and Techniques provides guidelines on travel demand forecasting procedures and their application for helping to solve common transportation problems.

Download or read book Automated Vehicle Scenarios written by Caroline Rodier and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In much in the same way that the automobile disrupted horse and cart transportation in the 20th century, automated vehicles hold the potential to disrupt our current system of transportation in the 21st century. Experts predict that vehicles could be fully automated by as early as 2025 or as late as 2035. Methods are needed to help the public and private sector understand automated vehicle technologies and their system-level effects. First, we explore the effects of automated vehicles using the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s activity-based travel demand model (MTC-ABM). The simulation is unique in that it articulates the size and direction of change on travel for a wide range of automated vehicles scenarios. Second, we simulate the effects of the introduction of an automated taxi service on conventional personal vehicle and transit travel in the San Francisco Bay Area region and use new research on the costs of automated vehicles to represent plausible per mile automated taxi fares. We use an integrated model for the San Francisco Bay Area that includes the MTCABM combined with the agent-based MATSim model customized for the region. This model set uses baseline travel demand data from the region’s official activity-based travel model and dynamically assigns vehicles on road and transit networks by the time of day. Third, we use the MTC-ABM and the MATSim dynamic assignment model to simulate different “first” mile transit access services, including ride-hailing (Uber and Lyft) and ridesharing (Uber Pool/Lyft Line and Via) with and without automated vehicles. The results provide insight into the relative benefits of each service and automated vehicle technology and the potential market for these services.

Download or read book Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Smart Cities written by Hussein T. Mouftah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the five fundamental yet intertwined pillars paving the road towards the future of connected autonomous electric vehicles and smart cities. The connectivity pillar covers all the latest advancements and various technologies on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications/networking and vehicular cloud computing, with special emphasis on their role towards vehicle autonomy and smart cities applications. On the other hand, the autonomy track focuses on the different efforts to improve vehicle spatiotemporal perception of its surroundings using multiple sensors and different perception technologies. Since most of CAVs are expected to run on electric power, studies on their electrification technologies, satisfaction of their charging demands, interactions with the grid, and the reliance of these components on their connectivity and autonomy, is the third pillar that this book covers. On the smart services side, the book highlights the game-changing roles CAV will play in future mobility services and intelligent transportation systems. The book also details the ground-breaking directions exploiting CAVs in broad spectrum of smart cities applications. Example of such revolutionary applications are autonomous mobility on-demand services with integration to public transit, smart homes, and buildings. The fifth and final pillar involves the illustration of security mechanisms, innovative business models, market opportunities, and societal/economic impacts resulting from the soon-to-be-deployed CAVs. This book contains an archival collection of top quality, cutting-edge and multidisciplinary research on connected autonomous electric vehicles and smart cities. The book is an authoritative reference for smart city decision makers, automotive manufacturers, utility operators, smart-mobility service providers, telecom operators, communications engineers, power engineers, vehicle charging providers, university professors, researchers, and students who would like to learn more about the advances in CAEVs connectivity, autonomy, electrification, security, and integration into smart cities and intelligent transportation systems.

Download or read book Road Vehicle Automation 4 written by Gereon Meyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the fourth volume of the sub series of the Lecture Notes in Mobility dedicated to Road Vehicle Automation. lts chapters have been written by researchers, engineers and analysts from all around the globe. Topics covered include public sector activities, human factors and challenges, ethical, legal, energy and technology perspectives, vehicle systems development, as well as transportation infrastructure and planning. The book is based on the Automated Vehicles Symposium which took place in San Francisco, California (USA) in July 2016.

Download or read book Eco driving of Connected and Automated Vehicles CAVs written by Ozgenur Kavas Torris and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the trend in the automotive industry has been favoring the reduction of fuel consumption in vehicles with the help of new and emerging technologies. This drive stemmed from the developments in communication technologies for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV), such as Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I), Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication. Coupled with automated driving capabilities of CAVs, a new and exciting era has started in the world of transportation as each transportation agent is becoming more and more connected. To keep up with the times, research in the academia and the industry has focused on utilizing vehicle connectivity for various purposes, one of the most significant being fuel savings. Motivated by this goal of fuel saving applications of Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies, the main focus and contribution of this dissertation is developing and evaluating a complete Eco-Driving strategy for CAVs. Eco-Driving is a term used to describe the energy efficient use of vehicles. In this dissertation, a complete and comprehensive Eco-Driving strategy for CAVs is studied, where multiple driving modes calculate speed profiles ideal for their own set of constraints simultaneously to save fuel as much as possible while a High Level (HL) controller ensures smooth transitions between the driving modes for Eco-Driving. The first step in making a CAV achieve Eco-Driving is to develop a route-dependent speed profile called Eco-Cruise that is fuel optimal. The methods explored to achieve this optimally fuel economic speed profile are Dynamic Programming (DP) and Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle (PMP). Using a generalized Matlab function that minimizes the fuel rate for a vehicle travelling on a certain route with route gradient, acceleration and deceleration limits, speed limits and traffic sign (traffic lights and STOP signs) locations as constraints, a DP based fuel optimal velocity profile is found. The ego CAV that is controlled by the automated driving system follows this Eco-Cruise speed profile as long as there is no preceding vehicle impeding its motion or upcoming traffic light or STOP sign ahead. When the ego CAV approaches a traffic light, then a V2I algorithm called Pass-at-Green (PaG) calculates a fuel-economic and Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) dependent speed profile. When the ego CAV approaches a STOP sign, the eHorizon electronic horizon unit is used to get STOP sign location while the Eco-Stop algorithm calculates a fuel optimal Eco-Approach speed trajectory for the ego CAV, so that the ego vehicle smoothly comes to a complete stop at the STOP sign. When the ego CAV departs from the traffic light or STOP sign, then the Eco-Departure algorithm calculates a fuel optimal speed trajectory to smoothly accelerate to a higher speed for the ego CAV. Other than the interaction of the CAV with road infrastructure, there could also be other vehicles around the ego vehicle. When there is a preceding vehicle in front of the ego CAV, typically, an Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is used to follow the lead vehicle keeping a constant time gap. Lead vehicle acceleration that was received by the ego CAV through V2V can be utilized in Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) to follow the preceding vehicle better than the ACC. If the ego CAV is found to be erratic, then the Ecological Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (Eco-CACC) takes over and calculates a fuel efficient speed trajectory for car following. If the preceding vehicle acts too erratically or slows down too much, and the ego CAV has a chance to change its lane, then the Lane Change mode takes control and changes the lane. The default driving mode in all these scenarios is the Eco-Cruise mode, which is the optimal fuel economic and route-dependent solution acquired using DP. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are part of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and can communicate with CAVs and other transportation agents. Whenever there are UAVs with communication capabilities around the ego CAV, information can be transferred between the UAV and CAV. As part of this communication capability, when the ego CAV approaches a bottleneck or a queue, information regarding the queue can be broadcast either from a Roadside Unit (RSU) or a Connected UAV (C-UAV) acting like an RSU with Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC). The queue information can be received by the On-Board-Unit (OBU), which is the vehicle communication unit using DSRC protocol in the ego CAV. Using the queue information, the Dynamic Speed Harmonization (DSH) model can be activated to take the main driver role for generating a smooth deceleration profile while the ego CAV approaches the queue. Once the queue is passed, the ego CAV goes back to the default Eco-Cruise mode. The elements of the proposed Eco-Driving method outlined above are first treated individually and then integrated in a holistic manner in this dissertation. The organization of this dissertation is as follows. Firstly, a summary is given on the topic of CAVs and various ways that connectivity is utilized in CAV research in Chapter 1 Introduction and Literature Review. Then, in Chapter 2 Modelling, Simulation and Testing Environment, details about the state-of-the-art simulation environment used for this dissertation are presented. Chapter 3 Scenario Development and Selection focuses on test route development procedure and the types of roadways tested in this work. Chapter 4 Fuel Economic Driving for a Single CAV with V2I in No Traffic explains the different models developed for fuel optimal speed trajectory calculation using roadway infrastructure. Chapter 5 Fuel Economic Driving for a CAV with V2V in Traffic gives details about the models developed for an ego CAV travelling among other connected vehicles. The Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) simulation results for the Eco-Driving algorithms developed for Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 are presented in Chapter 6. The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation results for the Eco-Driving algorithms in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 are presented in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 shows results about testing the complete Eco-Driving strategy in a traffic simulator with realistic traffic flow. Chapter 9 touches on CAV and UAV communication and presents Dynamic Speed Harmonization (DSH) as a use case scenario. Chapter 10 Conclusion presents the results of this dissertation and draws conclusions about this work.

Download or read book Smart Transport for Cities and Nations written by Christian Claudel and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mobility and Safety Implications of Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic by Recognizing Behavioral Variations of Drivers written by Mudasser Seraj and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Introduction of Connected-Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology provided a new opportunity to fix the traditional transportation system. Automated vehicles (AuV) would take the driving responsibility and drive the vehicles by analyzing their' surrounding through a range of sensors. The connectivity feature of these vehicles would facilitate to sense of the roadway and traffic conditions beyond the range of sensors and make informed decisions. While the vehicles equipped with these technologies becoming more common, large-scale market penetration will take a long time. Hence, our transportation infrastructure will pass through a transitional phase where both Human-driven vehicles (HuV) and AuVs share the roadway. Additionally, the prosperity and acceptance of these technologies depend on a clear understanding of the implications of overcoming the limitations of the traditional transportation system. My research focused on developing a comprehensive modeling framework to establish numerical simulation of both types of vehicles (i.e., HuVs, AuVs ) while recognizing the variations of driving behaviors of human drivers. Modeling both vehicle types provided the opportunity to explore diverse mixed traffic scenarios to attain extensive insights into such traffic conditions. Prior to developing the modeling framework, the variations of the human driving patterns were identified through extensive analysis of real-world human driving data. Bi-directional (i.e., longitudinal, lateral) control features were analyzed to comprehend human instincts during driving which can be integrated with the human driver modeling. Further analysis was performed to classify driving behaviors based on these features for the short and long term. The upsides of studying human driving behavior rest not only on better understanding for modeling human drivers but also on designing automated vehicles capable of addressing the variations of human driver behavior. The behavioral classification approach in this part of the research used three vehicular features known as jerk, leading headway, and yaw rate to classify human drivers into two groups (Safe and Hostile Driving) on short-term classification, and drivers' habits are categorized into three classes (Calm Driver, Rational Driver, and Aggressive Driver). Through the proposed method, behavior classification has been successfully identified in 86.31 ± 9.84% of speeding and 87.92 ± 10.04% of acute acceleration instances. Afterward, the foundation of mixed traffic modeling was developed through car-following strategy formulation. This part of the research proposes a naïve microscopic car-following strategy for a mixed traffic stream in CAV settings and measured shifts in traffic mobility and safety as a result. Additionally, this part of the research explores the influences of platoon properties (i.e. Intra-platoon Headway, Inter-platoon Headway, Maximum Platoon Length) on traffic stream characteristics. Different combinations of HuVs and AuVs are simulated in order to understand the variations of improvements induced by AuVs in a traffic stream. Simulation results reveal that grouping AuVs at the front of the traffic stream to apply CACC-based car-following model will generate maximum mobility benefits for the traffic. Higher mobility improvements can be attained by forming long, closely spaced AuVs at the cost of reduced safety. To achieve balanced mobility and safety advantages from mixed traffic movements, dynamically optimized platoon configurations should be determined at varying traffic conditions and AuVs market penetrations. Finally, grounded on prior research on human driving behavior and modeling framework of mixed traffic, this research objectively experimented with bi-directional motion dynamics in a microscopic modeling framework to measure the mobility and safety implications for mixed traffic movement in a freeway weaving section. This part of research begins by establishing a multilane microscopic model for studied vehicle types from model predictive control with the provision to form a CACC platoon of AuV vehicles. The proposed modeling framework was tested first with HuV only on a two-lane weaving section and validated using standardized macroscopic parameters from the HCM. This model was then applied to incrementally expand the AuV share for varying inflow rates of traffic. Simulation results showed that the maximum flow rate through the weaving section was attained at a 65% AuV share while steadiness in the average speed of traffic was experienced with increasing AuV share. Finally, the results of simulated scenarios were consolidated and scaled to report expected mobility and safety outcomes from the prevailing traffic state as well as the optimal AuV share for the current inflow rate in weaving sections.

Download or read book A Simulation Based Optimization of Multiyear Infrastructure Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles written by Fehintola B. Sanusi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide adoption of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) is anticipated in the near future given their demonstrated benefits of the in terms of safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability. Such prediction highlights a need to prepare the roadway infrastructure to facilitate safer and more reliable operation of these technologies. While acknowledging this notion, many state and local planning agencies have developed multiyear infrastructure programs for successful deployment of CAVs in a timely manner within their limited budgets. Meanwhile, the traffic environment does not remain static but will evolve over time as CAV technologies become available (id est, toward the mixed environment of autonomous and human-driven vehicles), which requires infrastructure plans specific to different planning terms (id est, short-, middle-, and long-term) to accommodate changing infrastructure needs. To develop an effective long-range plan, planning agencies need to understand changing infrastructure needs over time, identify alternative infrastructure options for different planning terms, and develop an optimal portfolio of CAV infrastructure projects, based on the varying infrastructure needs of the traffic environment. This study develops an analytical framework to guide a holistic approach to multiyear infrastructure planning for CAVs. To be more specific, the proposed framework uses a five-step approach. First, the framework uses a systematic literature review to identify a group of infrastructure options to support CAV system functions (e.g., merging and platooning). The next step is to prioritize roadway locations in need of infrastructure improvement based on the potential contribution of CAVs to their local traffic through a geographical information system analysis. To predict future infrastructure needs, the framework develops a generalized Bass diffusion model to forecast CAV adoption rates for short-, medium-, and long-term planning phases. Fourth, a traffic micro-simulation model is employed to evaluate the performance of the future mixed traffic environment under various infrastructure planning scenarios. Lastly, a genetic algorithm-based metaheuristic optimization model is proposed to guide effective selection of an optimal infrastructure plan that improves traffic performance in the entire network while minimizing the cost of implementation of infrastructure options for each planning term. As a proof concept, this study demonstrates the application of the proposed multiyear infrastructure planning framework for CAVs with a case study of selected freeway segments on Interstate-4 in Florida state. Results of the analysis indicate that the proposed method can identify optimal infrastructure plans comprising of optimal set of infrastructure improvements that can minimize travel time while satisfying budgetary constraints. It is also observed that the proposed framework consistently allocates more than 50% of the budget to the long-term planning phase while it seeks to evenly distribute the remaining budget between the medium-term and short-term planning phases. This analytical framework can therefore serve as a useful tool to decision makers to guide an effective multiyear CAV infrastructure plan for their transportation system.