scholarly journals A Single Intersection Cooperative-Competitive Paradigm in Real Time Traffic Signal Settings Based on Floating Car Data

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Astarita ◽  
Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè ◽  
Giuseppe Guido ◽  
Alessandro Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Floating Car Data ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Signal Systems

New technologies such as "connected" and "autonomous" vehicles are going to change the future of traffic signal control and management and possibly will introduce new traffic signal systems that will be based on floating car data (FCD). The use of floating car data to regulate traffic signal systems, in real time, has the potential for an increased sustainability of transportation in terms of energy efficiency, traffic safety and environmental issues. However, research has never explored how not "connected" vehicles would benefit by the implementation of such systems. This paper explores the use of floating car data to regulate traffic signal systems in real-time in a single intersection and in terms of cooperative-competitive paradigm between "connected" vehicles and conventional vehicles. In a dedicated laboratory, developed for testing regulation algorithms, results show that "invisible vehicles" for the system (which are not "connected") in most simulated cases also benefit when real time traffic signal settings based on floating car data are introduced. Moreover, the study estimates the energy and air quality impacts of a single intersection signal regulation by evaluating fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Specifically, the study demonstrates that significant improvements in air quality are possible with the introduction of FCD regulated traffic signals.

scholarly journals Cooperative-Competitive Paradigm in Real Time Traffic Signal Settings Based on Floating Car Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Astarita ◽  
Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè ◽  
Giuseppe Guido ◽  
Alessandro Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Floating Car Data ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Signal Systems

New technologies such as "connected" and "autonomous" vehicles are going to change the future of traffic signal control and management and possibly will introduce new traffic signal systems that will be based on floating car data (FCD). The use of floating car data to regulate, in real-time, traffic signal systems has the potential for an increased sustainability of transportation in terms of energy efficiency, traffic safety and environmental issues. However, research has never explored how not "connected" vehicles would benefit by the implementation of such systems. This paper explores the use of floating car data to regulate in real-time traffic signal systems in terms of cooperative-competitive paradigm between "connected" vehicles and conventional vehicles. In a dedicated laboratory, developed for testing regulation algorithms, results show that "invisible vehicles" for the system (which are not "connected") in most simulated cases also benefit when real time traffic signal settings based on floating car data are introduced. Moreover, the study estimates the energy and air quality impacts of signal regulation by evaluating fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Specifically, the study demonstrates that significant improvements in air quality are possible with the introduction of FCD regulated traffic signals.

scholarly journals A Scientometric-Based Review of Traffic Signal Control Methods and Experiments Based on Connected Vehicles and Floating Car Data (FCD)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5547
Author(s):  
Vittorio Astarita ◽  
Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè ◽  
Giuseppe Guido ◽  
Alessandro Vitale
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
The State ◽  
Signal Control ◽  
Traffic Signal Control ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
City Management ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Floating Car Data

This paper reviews the state of the art in traffic signal control methods that are based on data coming from onboard smartphones or connected vehicles. The review of the state of the art is carried out by applying analytical scientometric tools (topic visualization, co-citation analysis to establish influential journals and references, country analysis based on coauthorship, trending-topics analysis carried out by overlay visualization). The introduction of autonomous and connected vehicles will allow city management organizations to introduce new intersection management systems that rely on real-time positional data coming from instrumented vehicles. Traditional vehicles also could benefit from these new technologies by profiting from better-regulated intersections. This paper using a scientometric approach frames all the scientific contributions aimed at the field of traffic signal methods and experiments based on connected vehicles and floating car data. The applied scientometric approach reveals trending ideas and concepts and identifies the relevant documents that can be consulted in order for scientists and professionals to develop further this field with the implementation of new traffic signal control systems that can “give the green light” to drivers.

scholarly journals The Use of Adaptive Traffic Signal Systems Based on Floating Car Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Astarita ◽  
Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè ◽  
Giuseppe Guido ◽  
Alessandro Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
Floating Car Data ◽  
Signal Systems ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

This paper presents a simple concept which has not been, up to now, thoroughly explored in scientific research: the use of information coming from the network of Internet connected mobile devices (on vehicles) to regulate traffic light systems. Three large-scale changes are going to shape the future of transportation and could lead to the regulation of traffic signal system based on floating car data (FCD): (i) the implementation of Internet connected cars with global navigation satellite (GNSS) system receivers and the autonomous car revolution; (ii) the spreading of mobile cooperative Web 2.0 and the extension to connected vehicles; (iii) an increasing need for sustainability of transportation in terms of energy efficiency, traffic safety, and environmental issues. Up to now, the concept of floating car data (FCD) has only been extensively used to obtain traffic information and estimate traffic parameters. Traffic lights regulation based on FCD technology has not been fully researched since the implementation requires new ideas and algorithms. This paper intends to provide a seminal insight into the important issue of adaptive traffic light based on FCD by presenting ideas that can be useful to researchers and engineers in the long-term task of developing new algorithms and systems that may revolutionize the way traffic lights are regulated.

scholarly journals Floating Car Data Adaptive Traffic Signals: A Description of the First Real-Time Experiment with “Connected” Vehicles

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Astarita ◽  
Vincenzo Giofré ◽  
Demetrio Festa ◽  
Giuseppe Guido ◽  
Alessandro Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Traffic Signals ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Signal Control ◽  
Traffic Signal Control ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Floating Car Data ◽  
Better Regulation

The future of traffic management will be based on “connected” and “autonomous” vehicles. With connected vehicles it is possible to gather real-time information. The main potential application of this information is in real-time adaptive traffic signal control. Despite the feasibility of using Floating Car Data (FCD), for signal control, there have been practically no real experiments with all “connected” vehicles to regulate traffic signals in real-time. Most of the research in this field has been carried out with simulations. The purpose of this study is to present a dedicated system that was implemented in the first experiment of an FCD-based adaptive traffic signal. For the first time in the history of traffic management, a traffic signal has been regulated in real time with real “connected” vehicles. This paper describes the entire path of software and system development that has allowed us to make the steps from just simulation test to a real on-field implementation. Results of the experiments carried out with the presented system prove the feasibility of FCD adaptive traffic signals with commonly-used technologies and also establishes a test-bed that may help others to develop better regulation algorithms for these kinds of new “connected” intersections.

Real-time traffic signal control with swarm optimization methods

Measurement ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 108206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyit Alperen Celtek ◽  
Akif Durdu ◽  
Muzamil Eltejani Mohammed Alı
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Optimization Methods ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Signal Control ◽  
Traffic Signal Control ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Real Time Traffic
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