中国物理B ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 54501-054501.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/acb918

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Efficient control of connected and automated vehicles on a two-lane highway with a moving bottleneck

Huaqing Liu(刘华清) and Rui Jiang(姜锐)   

  1. Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport, Ministry of Transport, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-12-12 修回日期:2023-01-19 接受日期:2023-02-06 出版日期:2023-04-21 发布日期:2023-05-10
  • 通讯作者: Rui Jiang E-mail:jiangrui@bjtu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71931002 and 72288101).

Efficient control of connected and automated vehicles on a two-lane highway with a moving bottleneck

Huaqing Liu(刘华清) and Rui Jiang(姜锐)   

  1. Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport, Ministry of Transport, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • Received:2022-12-12 Revised:2023-01-19 Accepted:2023-02-06 Online:2023-04-21 Published:2023-05-10
  • Contact: Rui Jiang E-mail:jiangrui@bjtu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71931002 and 72288101).

摘要: This paper investigates the traffic flow of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) inducing by a moving bottleneck on a two-lane highway. A heuristic rules-based algorithm (HRA) has been used to control the traffic flow upstream of the moving bottleneck. In the HRA, some CAVs in the control zone are mapped onto the neighboring lane as virtual ones. To improve the driving comfort, the command acceleration caused by virtual vehicle is restricted. Comparing with the benchmark in which the CAVs change lane as soon as the lane changing condition is met, the HRA significantly improves the traffic flow: the overtaking throughput as well as the outflow rate increases, the travel delay and the fuel consumption decrease, the comfort level could also be improved.

关键词: traffic flow, connected and automated vehicles, moving bottleneck

Abstract: This paper investigates the traffic flow of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) inducing by a moving bottleneck on a two-lane highway. A heuristic rules-based algorithm (HRA) has been used to control the traffic flow upstream of the moving bottleneck. In the HRA, some CAVs in the control zone are mapped onto the neighboring lane as virtual ones. To improve the driving comfort, the command acceleration caused by virtual vehicle is restricted. Comparing with the benchmark in which the CAVs change lane as soon as the lane changing condition is met, the HRA significantly improves the traffic flow: the overtaking throughput as well as the outflow rate increases, the travel delay and the fuel consumption decrease, the comfort level could also be improved.

Key words: traffic flow, connected and automated vehicles, moving bottleneck

中图分类号:  (Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow)

  • 45.70.Vn
89.40.Bb (Land transportation) 05.70.Fh (Phase transitions: general studies) 64.60.Cn (Order-disorder transformations)