Living Laboratory for Freeway Operations: Case Study for Collecting Driver Behavior Data Through Freeway Work Zones

This paper presents the concept of a Living Laboratory (LL) and how it is applied to transportation operations research through a case study. This case study focuses on calibrating the Wiedemann car-following model parameters specific to freeway work zones. Applying the concept of a LL enables the experimental platform to be in a natural real-world environment. The design of this LL included the development of an Instrumented Research Vehicle (IRV) to capture the natural car-following response of a driver when entering and passing through a freeway work zone. The development of a Connected Mobile Traffic Sensing (CMTS) system, which included state-of-the-art ITS technologies, supports the LL environment by providing the connectivity, interoperability and data processing of the natural, real-life setting. The IRV and CMTS system are tools designed based on the research objective to support the concept of a LL which facilitates the experimental environment to capture and calibrate natural driver behavior. This case study shows the application of a LL specific to operations research providing an experimental platform for evaluating roadway’s operational performance in a real-time, connected and collaborative natural environment.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB15 Intelligent Transportation Systems.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Lochrane, Taylor W P
  • Al-Deek, Haitham
  • Dailey, Daniel J
  • Bared, Joe
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 21p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic data collection systems; Car following; Case studies; Freeway operations; Instrumented vehicles; Mobile communication systems; Work zones
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506412
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4268
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 3 2014 9:19AM