Merging Control

Optimization of Lane-Changing Advisory of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles at a Multi-Lane Work Zone

The work zone with lane closure will be an active bottleneck due to vehicles’ mandatory lane-changing conflicts. The emerging Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technology provides opportunities for … [Read more...] about Optimization of Lane-Changing Advisory of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles at a Multi-Lane Work Zone

Study of Improved Signal‐Based Merge Strategy in Work Zone Areas Based on Cellular Automata Simulation

Work zones have critical effects on traffic safety and efficiency. Previous researchers have developed lots of merge strategies to regulate drivers’ behaviours, which can be divided into early merge … [Read more...] about Study of Improved Signal‐Based Merge Strategy in Work Zone Areas Based on Cellular Automata Simulation

Optimizing Work Zone Zipper Merge Using Federated Driving Simulators

Several Departments of Transportation have implemented the zipper merge to counter the issues of wasted capacity and queue jumping that surface at early merge work zones. This project researched four … [Read more...] about Optimizing Work Zone Zipper Merge Using Federated Driving Simulators

Improving Work Zone Mobility Through Planning, Design, and Operations

This research project consists of a series of tasks intended to yield results that will better inform transportation agencies in their planning, design, and operations of freeway work zones. This … [Read more...] about Improving Work Zone Mobility Through Planning, Design, and Operations

A Platoon Regulation Algorithm to Improve the Traffic Performance of Highway Work Zones

This paper presents a cooperative traffic control strategy to increase the capacity of nonrecurrent bottlenecks such as work zones by making full use of the spatial resources upstream of work zones. … [Read more...] about A Platoon Regulation Algorithm to Improve the Traffic Performance of Highway Work Zones