Advanced Freeway Merge Assistance: Harnessing the Potential of Connected Vehicles
This project will investigate advanced freeway merge assistance strategies that can potentially be enabled by harnessing the potential of Connected Vehicle communication technologies. Strategies will be developed and assessed using simulation models of traffic and communication systems that provide measures of mobility and safety impacts.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Exploratory Advanced Research, Surface Transportation Research, Operations Research and Development
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $500000
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA United States 22101 -
Project Managers:
Ferlis, Robert
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Performing Organizations:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
P. O. Box 400195
Charlottesville, VA United States 22904 -
Principal Investigators:
Smith, Brian
- Start Date: 20091028
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20120730
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Driver support systems; Freeways; Intelligent vehicles; Merging traffic; Simulation; Vehicle to vehicle communications
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01573544
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 24 2015 2:29PM