1. The Effect of IntelliDrive on the Efficiency of Highway Transportation Systems.
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Nekoui, Mohammad, Pishro-Nik, Hossein, and Daiheng Ni
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AUTOMOTIVE transportation , *MOBILE communication systems , *AUTOMOBILE drivers , *TRAFFIC engineering , *INTELLIGENT transportation systems - Abstract
Recently, the IntelliDrive initiative has been proposed by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) to enhance on-road safety and efficiency. In this study, we provide a mathematical framework which predicts the effect of such technologies on the efficiency of multilane highway systems prior to their real-life deployment. Our study shall encompass mixed traffic conditions in which a variety of assisted, automated and unequipped vehicles coexist. We show that intervehicular communications improves the flow of vehicles by reducing the perception-reaction (P-R) times of drivers and, in some cases, allowing for more efficient lane-changing operations. As we shall see, unlike the latter, the former effect of IntelliDrive on driver P-R time is always there, regardless of the specific traffic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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