Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles 2022, 5(2): 72-87 https://doi.org/10.1108/JICV-08-2021-0015

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Traffic signal coordination control for arterials with dedicated CAV lanes

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Liang Xu^¹, Sheng Jin^{²^,³}(

), Bolin Li^{²^,³}, Jiaming Wu^⁴

Department of Beihang Hangzhou Innovation Institute Yuhang, Hangzhou, China

College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Department of Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Frontier Technologies, Hangzhou, China

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Connected and automated vehicles, Dedicated lane, Arterial signal coordination

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Xu L, Jin S, Li B, et al. Traffic signal coordination control for arterials with dedicated CAV lanes. Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, 2022, 5(2): 72-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICV-08-2021-0015

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Purpose

This study aims to make full use of the advantages of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and dedicated CAV lanes to ensure all CAVs can pass intersections without stopping.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors developed a signal coordination model for arteries with dedicated CAV lanes by using mixed integer linear programming. CAV non-stop constraints are proposed to adapt to the characteristics of CAVs. As it is a continuous problem, various situations that CAVs arrive at intersections are analyzed. The rules are discovered to simplify the problem by discretization method.

Findings

A case study is conducted via SUMO traffic simulation program. The results show that the efficiency of CAVs can be improved significantly both in high-volume scenario and medium-volume scenario with the plan optimized by the model proposed in this paper. At the same time, the progression efficiency of regular vehicles is not affected significantly. It is indicated that full-scale benefits of dedicated CAV lanes can only be achieved with signal coordination plans considering CAV characteristics.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research that develops a signal coordination model for arteries with dedicated CAV lanes.

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Traffic signal coordination control for arterials with dedicated CAV lanes

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Liang Xu^¹, Sheng Jin^{²^,³}(

), Bolin Li^{²^,³}, Jiaming Wu^⁴

Department of Beihang Hangzhou Innovation Institute Yuhang, Hangzhou, China

College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Department of Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Frontier Technologies, Hangzhou, China

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to make full use of the advantages of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and dedicated CAV lanes to ensure all CAVs can pass intersections without stopping.

Design/methodology/approach

Findings

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research that develops a signal coordination model for arteries with dedicated CAV lanes.

Keywords: Connected and automated vehicles, Dedicated lane, Arterial signal coordination

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Received: 31 August 2021

Revised: 11 February 2022

Accepted: 22 February 2022

Published: 16 March 2022

Issue date: May 2022

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