Open AccessThe Effect of IntelliDrive on the Efficiency of Highway Transportation Systems
Author(s) -
Mohammad Ali Nekoui,
Hossein Pishro-Nik,
Daiheng Ni
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of vehicular technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.182
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1687-5710
pISSN - 1687-5702
DOI - 10.1155/2011/653542
Subject(s) - software deployment , variety (cybernetics) , transport engineering , traffic flow (computer networking) , intelligent transportation system , computer science , highway system , traffic system , engineering , computer security , artificial intelligence , operating system
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
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