An Efficient Lane Change Maneuver for Platoons of Vehicles in an Automated Highway System

In the current lane change maneuver for vehicles in a platoon under the California PATH automated highway system (AHS) architecture, a follower vehicle has to split from the rest of the platoon before making a lane change. This report proposes a method for adding a lane change within platoon maneuvers that allows the follower vehicle to change lanes and be directly inserted into another platoon without splitting either platoon The maneuver is performed by aligning and locking the longitudinal positions of the two platoons in adjacent lanes. The longitudinal controller for the lane changing follower is shown to maintain the string stability of the platoons. The leader law is modified for the common leader of the two locked platoons, while an intra-platoon spacing adjustment procedure is also designed for the purpose of the proposed maneuver.

• Record URL:
  http://escholarship.org/uc/item/76w4f4r0
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5kw5h7v/2/producer%2FPRR-2004-16.pdf
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• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Horowitz, Roberto
  • Tan, Chin-Woo
  • Sun, Xiaotian
• Publication Date: 2004-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Bibliography; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Automated highway systems; Automated highways; Lane changing; Traffic platooning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2004-16
• Contract Numbers: TO 4239
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 3 2007 5:19PM