Lane Change Control Combined with Ramp Metering: A Strategy to Manage Delays at On-Ramp Merging Sections

Control measures at merging locations aimed at either the mainline traffic or on-ramp traffic do not lead to a fairness in the distribution of total delay across the two streams. This paper presents a control strategy of combining a lane change control with a ramp metering system at motorway merges. The control strategy presents the opportunity...

On lane assignment of connected automated vehicles: strategies to improve traffic flow at diverge and weave bottlenecks

This paper presents a novel approach to improve traffic throughput near diverge and weave bottlenecks in mixed traffic with human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and connected automated vehicles (CAVs). This is done by the strategic assignment of CAVs across lanes. The main principle is to induce strategic and necessary lane changes (LCs) (by CAVs and...

Improving Traffic Flow Efficiency at Motorway Lane Drops by Influencing Lateral Flows

Lane drops are a common bottleneck source on motorway networks. Congestion sets in upstream of a lane drop as a result of the lane changing activity of merging vehicles. This causes the queue discharge rate at the bottleneck to decrease and drop below the capacity, leading to capacity drop and further congestion. The objective of this study is...

First order multi-lane traffic flow model – an incentive based macroscopic model to represent lane change dynamics

Unbalanced lane usage on motorways might lead to the reduction in capacity<br/>of the motorway. Lane-level traffic management present new opportunities<br/>to balance the lane-flow distribution and help reduce congestion.<br/>In order to come up with efficient traffic management strategies on a<br/>lane-level, there is a need for accurate lane...