Connected-Vehicle Traffic Signal System Modeling Platform

This project aims to design and develop a connected vehicle modeling platform to model the operations of traffic signal system in a connected-vehicle environment. The proposed modeling platform has two components. The first is driver simulator with connected vehicle testing capabilities in which Signal Phasing and Timing (SPaT) messages are communicated from the simulator to the driver through a communication interface. This will allow researchers to test driver response to Spat messages and provide a full assessment of their potential benefits. It will also allow for the testing of different human-infrastructure interfaces in the highly automated connected-vehicle environment. The second modeling component is a connected-vehicle hardware-in-the-loop microscopic simulation model. In the proposed model from the VISSIM simulation model, will be transformed to a virtual Road Side Unit (RSU) through a Basic Safety Message (BSM) interface. The virtual RSU will transfer the BSM data to a signal timing optimizer processor that is connected to an actual traffic controller.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000
• Sponsor Organizations:

  United States Department of Transportation - FHWA - LTAP

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Idaho, Moscow

  Department of Civil Engineering
  P.O. Box 441022
  Moscow, ID  United States  83844-1022
• Start Date: 20190916
• Expected Completion Date: 20210915
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connected vehicles; Driver vehicle interfaces; Drivers; Driving simulators; Microsimulation; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal phases; Traffic signals
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01723933
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Nov 27 2019 6:32PM