Platooning on a string of intersections

A functional combination of platooning and traffic-adaptive intersection control

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

K.T. Busse Technology, Policy and Management

Contributors

S. Cunningham (supervisor 1)
S. van Cranenburgh (supervisor 2)
Lorant Tavasszy (coach)
R van Katwijk (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Technology, Policy and Management
Copyright: © 2017 Timon Busse
Platooning Intersection control Urban platooning
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Published Date

23-08-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Abstract

Congestion and emissions have lately been termed as one of the major challenges for the urban traffic network through various governmental bodies. In this work, a potential solution to this, namely a functional combination between platooning and traffic- adaptive intersection control is first developed and then evaluated. The evaluation is concerned with the expected congestion and emission savings on a 6-km- long provincial road over a period of 60 minutes. For the purpose of evaluation a VISSIM simulation is em- ployed, calibrated and executed. The simulation results show that the proposed combination of platooning and JUNO, a traffic-adaptive intersection controller, allows for emission savings of 7.85 g/km and an increase in average velocity of 1.04 km/h when compared to conventional cars and model-predictive control. The work is embedded in a high-level context and concluded with a policy-development framework that can help to promote the proposed technical design.