A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment
To alleviate the lane-changing conflicts between weaving vehicles and enhance the traffic efficiency in the weaving section of urban expressway under the connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) environment, a cooperative lane-changing strategy for CAVs is proposed. The strategy consists of an upper layer...
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| description | To alleviate the lane-changing conflicts between weaving vehicles and enhance the traffic efficiency in the weaving section of urban expressway under the connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) environment, a cooperative lane-changing strategy for CAVs is proposed. The strategy consists of an upper layer of decision making, which determines the lane-changing sequences of weaving vehicles based on their lane-changing advantages quantified by a set of utility functions, and a lower layer of control, which generates detailed instructions of speed adjustments and lane-changing manoeuvres for weaving vehicles. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy under different traffic demand settings, a numerical simulation, including a base case and a control case, is conducted. Then, to further verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for the mixed traffic state and compare its performance with the existing CAV lane-changing method, benchmark and comparison tests with six different market penetration rates (MPRs) of CAVs are carried out under the congested demand setting. In addition, the delay improvement ratio, inverse time-to-collision, and ratio of large deceleration time are selected as performance indicators to investigate the effect of the proposed strategy on enhancing the operational efficiency, traffic safety, and passenger’s comfort within the weaving section. According to the simulation results, the overall efficiency, safety and comfort in the weaving section under the CAV environment, are all improved, when the proposed strategy is applied to weaving vehicles. The proposed strategy is also superior to the existing CAV lane-changing method on maintaining traffic efficiency and safety. Therefore, the proposed cooperative lane-changing strategy, based on CAV technologies, shows good potential in solving the problem of lane-changing conflicts within the weaving section and facilitating the traffic management and traffic control of urban expressway. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-243adbefa227419687646f8460b31d252025-02-03T06:42:53ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952023-01-01202310.1155/2023/3363057A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle EnvironmentZhi Zhou0Linheng Li1Bin Ran2Xu Qu3School of TransportationSchool of TransportationSchool of TransportationSchool of TransportationTo alleviate the lane-changing conflicts between weaving vehicles and enhance the traffic efficiency in the weaving section of urban expressway under the connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) environment, a cooperative lane-changing strategy for CAVs is proposed. The strategy consists of an upper layer of decision making, which determines the lane-changing sequences of weaving vehicles based on their lane-changing advantages quantified by a set of utility functions, and a lower layer of control, which generates detailed instructions of speed adjustments and lane-changing manoeuvres for weaving vehicles. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy under different traffic demand settings, a numerical simulation, including a base case and a control case, is conducted. Then, to further verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for the mixed traffic state and compare its performance with the existing CAV lane-changing method, benchmark and comparison tests with six different market penetration rates (MPRs) of CAVs are carried out under the congested demand setting. In addition, the delay improvement ratio, inverse time-to-collision, and ratio of large deceleration time are selected as performance indicators to investigate the effect of the proposed strategy on enhancing the operational efficiency, traffic safety, and passenger’s comfort within the weaving section. According to the simulation results, the overall efficiency, safety and comfort in the weaving section under the CAV environment, are all improved, when the proposed strategy is applied to weaving vehicles. The proposed strategy is also superior to the existing CAV lane-changing method on maintaining traffic efficiency and safety. Therefore, the proposed cooperative lane-changing strategy, based on CAV technologies, shows good potential in solving the problem of lane-changing conflicts within the weaving section and facilitating the traffic management and traffic control of urban expressway.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3363057 |
| spellingShingle | Zhi Zhou Linheng Li Bin Ran Xu Qu A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment |
| title_full | A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment |
| title_fullStr | A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment |
| title_short | A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment |
| title_sort | cooperative lane changing strategy for weaving sections of urban expressway under the connected autonomous vehicle environment |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3363057 |
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