Connected vehicle enabled freeway merge management - field test.

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• Creators:
  Smith, Brian ; Park, Hyungjun ; Hayat, Md Tanveer
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute ; Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Behavior
  • Driver information systems
  • Drivers
  • Field tests
  • Gap acceptance
  • Lane changing
  • Merging control
  • Merging traffic
  • Mobile communication systems
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final research report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Freeway congestion is a major problem of the transportation system, resulting in major economic ; loss in terms of traffic delays and fuel costs. With connected vehicle (CV) technologies, more ; proactive traffic management strategies are possible. The Freeway Merge Assistance System ; (FMAS) can implement innovative ramp management strategies by providing personalized ; advisories to individual drivers to ensure smoother merging. The benefits anticipated from these ; strategies will completely depend on the advisory compliance of the drivers; this, in turn, will be ; influenced by situational as well as individual behavioral factors. ; The purpose of this research was to investigate drivers’ responses to this new generation of ; personalized in-vehicle advisory messages. A field test was conducted with naïve human ; subjects to collect driver behavior data about different types of advisory messages under ; different traffic scenarios in a controlled environment. The data gathered from the field test ; indicated that the compliance rate was higher when a large- or medium-size gap was available ; for a lane change. The lowest compliance rate was observed for a small-gap scenario. In ; addition, it was discovered that more drivers would follow a direct advisory message that ; advised a lane change rather than an indirect message which was meant to stimulate a lane ; change through speed control.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DUNS: 0031370150000 ; EIN: 54-6001805
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31161/dot_31161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1cca74b10a47fba7f1d36d22f18d6b3123d33aa74cf2c6fb343552b2a5ce852a