FUEL ECONOMY INVESTIGATION OF DYNAMIC ADVISORY SPEEDS FROM AN EXPERIMENT IN ARTERIAL TRAFFIC

A single instrumented car was randomly passed through a fixed time cycle, signalized intersection. An on-board computer was used to calculate dynamic advisory speeds at fixed points on the road. Experiments have shown significant reductions in stop rate and fuel consumption related to the quality of the speed information given to the driver. The importance of approach and intersection geometry is discussed, together with the effect of driver behaviour.

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• Authors:
  • TRAYFORD, R S
  • Doughty, B W
  • Touw, JW van der
• Publication Date: 1984-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 415-419
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 18A
  • Issue Number: 5-6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Chemical reduction; Driver information systems; Drivers; Experiments; Fuel conservation; Geometry; Intersections; Pretimed traffic signal controllers; Speed control; Stopping
• Old TRIS Terms: Advisory speed; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452366
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 765
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM