VANET-enabled eco-friendly road characteristics-aware routing for vehicular traffic

A major contributor to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions is the transport sector, particularly private vehicles. Traffic congestion involving private vehicles also causes a lot of wasted time and stress to commuters. At the same time new wireless technologies such as Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) are being developed which could allow vehicles to communicate with each other. These could enable a number of innovative schemes to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. 1) EcoTrec is a VANET-based system which allows vehicles to exchange messages regarding traffic congestion and road conditions, such as roughness and gradient. Each vehicle uses the messages it has received to build a model of nearby roads and the traffic on them. The EcoTrec Algorithm then recommends the most fuel efficient route for the vehicles to follow. 2) Time-Ants is a swarm based algorithm that considers not only the amount of cars in the spatial domain but also the amount in the time domain. This allows the system to build a model of the traffic congestion throughout the day. As traffic patterns are broadly similar for weekdays this gives us a good idea of what traffic will be like allowing us to route the vehicles more efficiently using the Time-Ants Algorithm. 3) Electric Vehicle enhanced Dedicated Bus Lanes (E-DBL) proposes allowing electric vehicles onto the bus lanes. Such an approach could allow a reduction in traffic congestion on the regular lanes without greatly impeding the buses. It would also encourage uptake of electric vehicles. 4) A comprehensive survey of issues associated with communication centred traffic management systems was carried out.

• Record URL:
  http://doras.dcu.ie/20661/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • PhD thesis
• Authors:
  • Doolan, R
• Publication Date: 2015-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 1 file

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Advanced traffic management systems; Air quality management; Bus lanes; Bus lanes; Environment; Fuel consumption; Mathematical models; Route choice; Traffic congestion; Vehicle to vehicle communications
• ATRI Terms: Advanced traffic management systems (ATMS); Bus lane; Emissions control; Environment; Fuel consumption; Modelling; Route choice; Traffic congestion; Vehicle to vehicle communications
• ITRD Terms: 8735: Intelligent transport system
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01588616
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 28 2016 11:39AM