Open AccessImpact of Automated Vehicles Using Eco-Cruise Control on the Traffic Flow
Author(s) -
Balázs Németh,
Péter Gáspar,
Zsuzsanna Bede
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
periodica polytechnica. transportation engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1587-3811
pISSN - 0303-7800
DOI - 10.3311/pptr.18410
Subject(s) - cruise control , traffic flow (computer networking) , cruise , automotive engineering , floating car data , transport engineering , computer science , control (management) , engineering , simulation , traffic congestion , aerospace engineering , computer security , artificial intelligence
The paper provides a detailed analysis of the impact of automated vehicles using eco-cruise control system on the traffic flow. The speed profiles of vehicles using eco-cruise control system generally differ from those of conventional human-driven vehicles. The characteristics of the traffic flow on macroscopic traffic level combine both automated and human-driven vehicles. In the simulation-based analysis the effects of traffic volume and the ratio of the automated vehicles are in the focus. Based on the results the analysis an extension of the eco-cruise control is also proposed, in which the balance between the traffic flow and transport efficiency is achieved.