Traffic flow effects of Integrated full-Range Speed Assistance (IRSA)

Author

Wilmink, I.R. ; Klunder, G.A. ; van Arem, B.

Author_Institution

TNO, Delft

fYear

2007

fDate

13-15 June 2007

Firstpage

1204

Lastpage

1210

Abstract

This paper discusses the assessment of the effects of integrated full-range speed assistance (IRSA), using the ITS modeller. The aim of IRSA is to assist drivers in their longitudinal driving task by providing speed advice or speed warnings and cruise control-like functionalities. The effects of the application of IRSA in three scenarios (approaching a traffic jam, approaching a reduced speed limit zone and leaving the head of a queue) are presented. Positive effects on throughput, safety and the environment were achieved. In addition, the paper discusses general aspects of modeling vehicle and driver behavior for co-operative systems, and how this is done in the ITS modeller.

Keywords

road traffic; road vehicles; traffic engineering computing; velocity control; ITS modeller; cruise control-like functionalities; driver behavior; integrated full-range speed assistance; longitudinal driving task; reduced speed limit zone; speed advice; speed warnings; traffic flow effects; traffic jam; vehicle modeling; Communication system control; Control systems; Humans; Road accidents; Sensor systems; Throughput; Traffic control; Vehicle driving; Vehicle safety; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Istanbul

ISSN

1931-0587

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1067-3

Electronic_ISBN

1931-0587

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2007.4290282

Filename

4290282