Enhancing Expressway Ramp Merge Safety and Efficiency via Spatiotemporal Cooperative Control

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Main Authors: Peng, Ting, Xu, Xiaoxue, Li, Yuan, WU, Jie, Li, Tao, Dong, Xiang, Cai, Yincai, Wu, Peng, Ullah, Sana
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author Peng, Ting
Xu, Xiaoxue
Li, Yuan
WU, Jie
Li, Tao
Dong, Xiang
Cai, Yincai
Wu, Peng
Ullah, Sana
author_facet Peng, Ting
Xu, Xiaoxue
Li, Yuan
WU, Jie
Li, Tao
Dong, Xiang
Cai, Yincai
Wu, Peng
Ullah, Sana
contents In the context of autonomous driving on expressways, the issue of ensuring safe and efficient ramp merging remains a significant challenge. Existing systems often struggle to accurately assess the status and intentions of other vehicles, leading to a persistent occurrence of accidents despite efforts to maintain safe distances. This study proposes a novel spatiotemporal cooperative control approach integrating vehicle-road coordination to address this critical issue. A comprehensive methodology is developed, beginning with the calculation of safe distances under varying spatiotemporal conditions. This involves considering multiple factors, including vehicle speed differentials, positioning errors, and clock synchronization errors. Subsequently, an advanced vehicle conflict risk evaluation model is constructed. By incorporating collision acceleration and emergency acceleration as key parameters, this model offers a more accurate and detailed evaluation of potential risks during the ramp merging process. Based on the calculated safe distances and conflict risk evaluations, a mainline priority coordinated control method is formulated. This method enables the pre-planning of vehicle trajectories, effectively reducing conflicts among vehicles. Through rigorous simulations using diverse traffic volume and speed scenarios, the efficacy of the proposed strategy is validated. The results demonstrate remarkable improvements, with the average delay time reduced by an impressive 97.96% and fuel consumption decreased by 6.01%. These outcomes indicate that the proposed approach not only enhances the speed of vehicle merging but also significantly reduces latency and fuel consumption, thereby enhancing the overall performance of ramp merging operations.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Expressway Ramp Merge Safety and Efficiency via Spatiotemporal Cooperative Control
Peng, Ting
Xu, Xiaoxue
Li, Yuan
WU, Jie
Li, Tao
Dong, Xiang
Cai, Yincai
Wu, Peng
Ullah, Sana
Systems and Control
In the context of autonomous driving on expressways, the issue of ensuring safe and efficient ramp merging remains a significant challenge. Existing systems often struggle to accurately assess the status and intentions of other vehicles, leading to a persistent occurrence of accidents despite efforts to maintain safe distances. This study proposes a novel spatiotemporal cooperative control approach integrating vehicle-road coordination to address this critical issue. A comprehensive methodology is developed, beginning with the calculation of safe distances under varying spatiotemporal conditions. This involves considering multiple factors, including vehicle speed differentials, positioning errors, and clock synchronization errors. Subsequently, an advanced vehicle conflict risk evaluation model is constructed. By incorporating collision acceleration and emergency acceleration as key parameters, this model offers a more accurate and detailed evaluation of potential risks during the ramp merging process. Based on the calculated safe distances and conflict risk evaluations, a mainline priority coordinated control method is formulated. This method enables the pre-planning of vehicle trajectories, effectively reducing conflicts among vehicles. Through rigorous simulations using diverse traffic volume and speed scenarios, the efficacy of the proposed strategy is validated. The results demonstrate remarkable improvements, with the average delay time reduced by an impressive 97.96% and fuel consumption decreased by 6.01%. These outcomes indicate that the proposed approach not only enhances the speed of vehicle merging but also significantly reduces latency and fuel consumption, thereby enhancing the overall performance of ramp merging operations.
title Enhancing Expressway Ramp Merge Safety and Efficiency via Spatiotemporal Cooperative Control
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08121