Understanding Risks and Opportunities for Ramp Metering Control in a Mixed-autonomy Future

This project will answer how ramp metering strategies employed in Minnesota may be influenced by different vehicle automation scenarios such as automated vehicle market penetration rates both for proposed, fully automated vehicles and currently-available low-level automated vehicles. Additionally, this project will develop strategies to keep Minnesota ramp meters effective under scenarios with increased autonomy. Furthermore, under the new traffic flow-density relationship that is emerging in a mixed autonomy traffic flow, traditional ramp metering may create unsafe conditions due to rapidly propagating queues. This project will also address safety considerations for ramp metering in an automated future.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $148495
• Contract Numbers:

  1036342 WO#57

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota

  Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455
• Principal Investigators:

  Stern, Raphael

• Start Date: 20220902
• Expected Completion Date: 20241130
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Highway safety; Level 1 driving automation; Level 2 driving automation; Level 3 driving automation; Level 4 driving automation; Level 5 driving automation; Ramp metering
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01836110
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036342 WO#57
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 18 2022 1:02PM