Assessment of mobility, energy, and environment impacts of IntelliDrive-based Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control and Intelligent Traffic Signal control

Author

Malakorn, Kristin J. ; Park, Byungkyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Sustainability has become a major issue in the field of transportation and finding innovative, environmentally-friendly solutions to traditional transportation problems is the newest challenge. This paper explored the possibility of integrating new generation vehicle technologies such as Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control and Intelligent Traffic Signals into the driving experience. A simulation study was conducted and the potential impacts that this change would have on vehicular mobility and the environmental impacts of driving are analyzed. The expected benefits of implementing the system described here are delay reductions by up to 91% and up to 75% reduction in fuel use, among other measures.

Keywords

adaptive control; environmental factors; intelligent control; road traffic; velocity control; cooperative adaptive cruise control; energy impact assessment; environment impact assessment; intellidrive-based cruise control; intelligent traffic signal control; mobility impact assessment; Adaptive control; Analytical models; Delay; Intelligent control; Intelligent vehicles; Programmable control; Signal generators; Traffic control; Transportation; Vehicle driving; Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control; Cooperative Vehicle and Infrastructure System; Fuel Consumption; Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions; IntelliDrive; Intelligent Traffic Signal; Optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7094-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507709

Filename

5507709