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Two Proposals To Improve Freeway Traffic Flow

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  • Karaaslan, Ufuk
  • Varaiya, Pravin
  • Walrand, Jean

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The following two proposals are presented: (1) Vehicles are organized in platoons in which the lead car is manually driven and the other cars are under automatic spacing (headway) control. A plausible model of the resulting flow of traffic indicates that, for an average platoon size of 20, the capacity of the freeway increases by a factor of four. (2) A macroscopic model of freeway traffic congestion along with a control law for reducing congestion is presented. Simulation of the resulting closed loop model indicates a dramatic reduction in congestion.

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  • Karaaslan, Ufuk & Varaiya, Pravin & Walrand, Jean, 1990. "Two Proposals To Improve Freeway Traffic Flow," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt2451z0qx, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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    1. Sheikholeslam, Shahab & Desoer, Charles A., 1989. "Longitudinal Control Of A Platoon Of Vehicles. I, Linear Model (ucb/erl M89/106)," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt7ns408fp, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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