AVAILABLE CONCEPTS OF ENERGY REDUCTION MEASURES AGAINST ROAD VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

The objective of the study is to discuss availability for reducing the energy consumed by vehicular traffic on road networks applying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology. To satisfy this objective, the authors analyze energy consumption characteristics on actual road traffic conditions. A test car equipped with a measuring system is developed. Speed and fuel consumption rate is measured by each second, and collected to on-board Personal Computers. Experimental data are collected in various traffic situations on three kinds of roads: Metropolitan Expressway, 2-lane 2-way surface streets, and multi-lane surface streets in Tokyo Metropolis. Two models are proposed. Through these two models, three major factors for fuel economy are identified: duration of stopping time, average running speed and vehicle speed fluctuation.

• Supplemental Notes:
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• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Oguchi, Takashi
  • Katakura, M
  • Taniguchi, M
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Highway traffic; Intelligent transportation systems; Motor vehicles; Roads; Running speed; Speed; Stopping distances; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reduction (Decrease)
• Old TRIS Terms: Fluctuation; Vehicular traffic
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741339
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 8 1997 12:00AM