Article
The Effect of IntelliDrive on the Efficiency of Highway Transportation Systems
International Journal of Vehicular Technology
(2010)
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.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 6, 2010
Citation Information
Mohammad Nekoui, Hossein Pishro-Nik and Daiheng Ni. "The Effect of IntelliDrive on the Efficiency of Highway Transportation Systems" International Journal of Vehicular Technology Vol. 2011 (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hossein_pishro-nik/2/
DOI: 10.1155/2011/653542
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