Flexible low-cost automated scaled highway (FLASH) laboratory for studies on automated highway systems

Abstract Traffic accidents on highways are attributed mostly to the "invisibility" of oncoming traffic and road signs. "Speeding" also causes drivers to reduce the effective radius of the vehicle path in the curve, thus trespassing into the lane of the oncoming traffic. The main aim of this paper was to develop a multisensory obstacle-detection device that is affordable, easy to implement and easy to maintain to reduce the risk of road accidents at blind corners. An ultrasonic sensor module with a maximum measuring angle of 15° was used to ensure that a significant portion of the lane was detected at the blind corner. The sensor covered a minimum effective area of 0.5 m2 of the road for obstacle detection. Yellow light was employed to signify caution while negotiating the blind corner. Two photoresistors (PRs) were used as sensors because of the limited number of pins on the microcontroller (Arduino Uno). However, the device developed for this project achieved obstacle detection at blind corners at relatively low cost and can be accessed by all road users. In real-world applications, the use of piezoelectric accelerometers (vibration sensors) instead of PR sensors would be more desirable in order to detect not only cars but also two-wheelers.

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Integration of Automated Highway Systems into Existing California Freeways

Automated Highway Systems ◽

10.1007/978-1-4757-4573-3_3 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 29-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Youngbin Yim ◽

Mark A. Miller ◽

Paul Hellman ◽

Mohammad Sharafsaleh

Keyword(s):

Automated Highway Systems ◽

Automated Highway

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Commercial Trucks and Buses in Automated Highway Systems

Automated Highway Systems ◽

10.1007/978-1-4757-4573-3_11 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 213-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ioannis Kanellakopoulos ◽

Masayoshi Tomizuka

Keyword(s):

Automated Highway Systems ◽

Automated Highway

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TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT FOR CONNECTIVITY ROADS FROM HYDERABAD TO WARANGAL HIGH WAY (NH163)

International Journal For Innovative Engineering and Management Research ◽

10.48047/ijiemr/v09/i12/27 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 164-172

Keyword(s):

Traffic Control ◽

Automated Highway Systems ◽

Upper Limits ◽

Cutoff Points ◽

Automated Highway ◽

And Control ◽

Activity Strategy ◽

Control Management

Due to the ever increasing need for transportation, there will be increasingly automobile overloads except if some sweeping measures are taken. There are numerous conceivable approaches to diminish blockage, (for example, constructing new streets, new evaluating strategies, move of transport from street to prepare or send, et cetera). In any case, since activity blockage is a squeezing issue that seriously affects both the economy and nature, there unquestionably is a requirement for measures that can be executed on the here and now. In this paper we talk about from a frameworks and control perspective a portion of the techniques that can be utilized to decrease activity clog issues. We will center around Warangal high way (NH 164) and ring streets First we quickly examine the Automated Highway Systems (AHS) structure, which prompts a decrease of activity clog and to a superior utilization of the accessible limit of the transportation organize. ATMS utilize propelled displaying, recreation, streamlining and media transmission procedures to create and to actualize different activity strategy measures to decrease movement blockage. The between vehicle detachment, which relies upon the vehicle braking ability, control circle delays and working velocity, is then used to process siteautonomous upper limits on AHS limit with regards to a given blend of vehicle classes. The affectability of the limit as for the level of between vehicle participation, registration strategies (administering least adequate vehicle-braking capacity), thruway speed cutoff points, and path utilize arrangements (overseeing the sharing of a path by numerous vehicle classes) is additionally examined.

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