Traffic shockwave mitigation with human-driven vehicles: Is it feasible?
Journal
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
Pages
38-43
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Abstract
Traffic shockwave is one of the major causes for low road capacity and traffic jams. This paper seeks to answer an important question in the development of a traffic shockwave mitigation system: is it feasible to have human-driven vehicles as part of the system? To answer the question, we developed a real-time speed advisory system, utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications and intuitive user interface, so that the driver can actively match the speed of the vehicle directly in front. Real-world measurement results show that such a speed advisory system can reduce the reaction delay by as much as 76.4% and reduce the standard deviation of the distance between two consecutive vehicles by as much as 40.7%. The results imply positive answer to the question, and suggest that traffic shockwave mitigation can be effectively implemented on human-driven vehicles that accounts for most vehicle population in the near future. © 2016 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).
Subjects
Real-time traffic management; Traffic shockwave; Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
Other Subjects
Traffic congestion; User interfaces; Vehicles; Advisory systems; Intuitive user interface; Mitigation systems; Real time traffics; Road capacity; Standard deviation; Traffic jams; Vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication; Vehicle to vehicle communications
Type
conference paper