In recent years, more attention has been paid to the study of modelling heterogeneous traffic flow dynamics consisting of regular vehicles (RVs) and connected vehicles (CVs). However, the establishment of current mixed traffic flow models mostly lacks the support of field experimental data analysis results. In this study, a new heterogeneous car-following model is presented on the basis of data mining results to study the impact of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) safety messages on traffic flow stability. The analytically critical stability criterion of this proposed heterogeneous model is obtained by linear stability analysis. Then, the effect of the market penetration rate (MPR) of CVs on heterogeneous traffic stability is investigated. Finally, simulation experiments are carried out under periodic boundary conditions to test the critical stability condition. Both the theoretical derivation and simulation experiment results show that the traffic flow stability can decline despite improvements in traffic safety in the case of considering only the safety information of the nearest-neighbour leading vehicle. However, both the safety and stability of traffic flow can be enhanced by considering the V2V messages of more leading vehicles. Moreover, the heterogeneous traffic flow stability is improved with an increase in the MPR of CVs.
Modelling heterogeneous traffic dynamics by considering the influence of V2V safety messages
IET Intelligent Transport Systems ; 14 , 4 ; 220-227
2020-02-24
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
vehicle-to-vehicle safety messages , linear stability analysis , road safety , heterogeneous traffic flow stability , heterogeneous car-following model , connected vehicles , data analysis , traffic safety , market penetration rate , data mining results , CVs , field experimental data analysis , data mining , current mixed traffic flow models , heterogeneous traffic stability , V2V safety messages , road traffic , traffic engineering computing , heterogeneous model , nearest-neighbour leading vehicle , automobiles , heterogeneous traffic flow dynamics , analytically critical stability criterion , critical stability condition
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