Autonomous driving systems present promising methods for congestion mitigation in mixed autonomy traffic control settings. In particular, when coupled with even modest traffic state estimates, such systems can plan and coordinate the behaviors of automated vehicles (AVs) in response to observed downstream events, thereby inhibiting the continued propagation of congestion. In this paper, we present a two-layer control strategy in which the upper layer proposes the desired speeds that predictively react to the downstream state of traffic, and the lower layer maintains safe and reasonable headways with leading vehicles. This method is demonstrated to achieve an average of over 15% energy savings within simulations of congested events observed in Interstate 24 with only 4% AV penetration, while restricting negative externalities imposed on traveling times and mobility. The proposed strategy that served as part of the "speed planner" was deployed on 100 AVs in a massive traffic experiment conducted on Nashville’s I-24 in November 2022.


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    Title :

    Cooperative Driving for Speed Harmonization in Mixed-Traffic Environments




    Publication date :

    2023-06-04


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    5164493 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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