Merging control strategies of connected and autonomous vehicles at freeway on-ramps: A comprehensive review

J Zhu, S Easa, K Gao - Journal of intelligent and connected …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Purpose-On-ramp merging areas are typical bottlenecks in the freeway network since
merging on-ramp vehicles may cause intensive disturbances on the mainline traffic flow and …

Multi-vehicle interaction safety of connected automated vehicles in merging area: A real-time risk assessment approach

J Zhu, Y Ma, Y Lou - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
The risky lane-changing manoeuvre of vehicles often occurs at expressway entrances,
which would result in a high crash risk in the freeway system and significantly impact its …

[HTML][HTML] Flow-level coordination of connected and autonomous vehicles in multilane freeway ramp merging areas

J Zhu, I Tasic, X Qu - Multimodal transportation, 2022 - Elsevier
On-ramp merging areas are deemed to be typical bottlenecks for freeway networks due to
the intensive disturbances induced by the frequent merging, weaving, and lane-changing …

Integrated deployment of dedicated lane and roadside unit considering uncertain road capacity under the mixed-autonomy traffic environment

F Zhang, J Lu, X Hu, Q Meng - Transportation research part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid development of automated vehicle (AV) technologies enables us to explore how
to update the urban road infrastructure to cater for the upcoming mixed-autonomy traffic with …

Managing merging from a CAV lane to a human-driven vehicle lane considering the uncertainty of human driving

BK Xiong, R Jiang, X Li - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a control strategy for a freeway merging bottleneck consisting of a
Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) exclusive lane and a human-driven vehicle (HDV) …

Autonomous intersection management with pedestrians crossing

W Wu, Y Liu, W Hao, GA Giannopoulos… - … research part C: emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is among the first to address the problem of pedestrians' crossing at an
autonomous intersection without traffic lights. To guarantee pedestrians' safety, all the …

Vehicle platooning for merge coordination in a connected driving environment: A hybrid ACC-DMPC approach

G An, A Talebpour - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes a vehicle platooning algorithm to minimize the disruption from a lane-
changing maneuver. Towards achieving this objective, while most studies emphasize the …

Developing a dynamic speed control system for mixed traffic flow to reduce collision risks near freeway bottlenecks

Y Li, B Pan, Z Chen, L Xing - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have the advantages of improving road safety
and traffic efficiency. This study proposes a dynamic speed control system for a two-lane …

Developing dynamic speed limit strategies for mixed traffic flow to reduce collision risks at freeway bottlenecks

Y Li, B Pan, L Xing, M Yang, J Dai - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have the great potential to improve traffic flow
because of their particular characteristics of connectivity and automation. This study aims to …

Effects of configuration elements and traffic flow conditions on lane-changing rates at the weaving segments

P Ouyang, P Liu, Y Guo, K Chen - … research part A: policy and practice, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of configuration elements and traffic flow
conditions on lane-changing rates at weaving segments. To achieve this, data collected from …