Control of Heavy-Duty Trucks: Environmental and Fuel Economy Considerations

This report examines the effect that heavy-duty trucks equipped with different Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems have on the environment and traffic flow. The sluggish dynamics that manual or adaptive cruise control trucks exhibit because of their limited acceleration capabilities, ultimately help to filter speed disturbances caused by leading vehicles, thus leading to beneficial effects on the environment and traffic flow. This response may, however, lead to higher travel times in certain situations as well as invite cut-ins from neighboring lanes causing additional disturbances. This study presents a new ACC design that is shown to reduce some of the negative effects of trucks in mixed traffic.

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  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qt9440g
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5g44rhf/2/producer%2FPRR-2004-15.pdf
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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

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Jianlong
  • Ioannou, Petros
  • 0000-0001-6981-0704
• Publication Date: 2004-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 91p
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Automatic headway control; Cruise control; Environmental impacts; Heavy duty vehicles; Pollutants; Traffic flow; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050262
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2004-15
• Contract Numbers: TO 4203
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 3 2007 6:03PM