Connected Vehicle Based Traffic Dynamic Modeling and Proactive Freeway Control to Improve Mobility

智能交通系统(ITS)是研究人员、政策制定者和行业专业人士为使车辆能够通过无线网络与其他车辆和周围基础设施交流关键信息而做出的重大努力。互联汽车(CV)技术是智能交通系统(ITS)中最新和最具创新性的发展之一。CV技术的核心是在高度移动的环境中进行无线通信。为了提高机动性和安全性，世界各地的运输管理机构都在制定和实施其战略。虽然CV的概念在几年前才被引入，但它发展迅速；然而，关于CV技术如何改善所有道路用户的高速公路机动性，加拿大仍存在研究空白。 拟议的研究计划旨在通过探索创新的、科学合理的和技术上可行的解决方案来增强CV技术在主动高速公路控制中的作用，从而弥合其在加拿大的差距。这加强了加拿大政府制定和利用安全、创新和可持续的世界级多式联运战略的努力，以支持经济增长和加拿大人的高质量生活。 在过去的六年里，在NSERC探索基金的支持下，按照最初的试验台提案中的计划，埃德蒙顿市和艾伯塔省交通局一直在Whitemud Drive和Anthony Henday Drive试验台方面与我的研究团队密切合作。在CFI、加拿大交通部、艾伯塔省交通部和埃德蒙顿市的基础设施资金支持下，在未来三年内，我的研究计划将在Whitemud Drive沿线安装10个路边设备(RSE)，在Anthony Henday Drive沿线安装8个RSE，并在200辆车中安装200个车载设备(OBE)单元，以支持此研究计划。

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) represent a major effort by researchers, policymakers and industry professionals to enable vehicles to communicate critical information with other vehicles and surrounding infrastructure via wireless networks. Connected Vehicle (CV) technology is one of the latest and most innovative developments within ITS. The core of CV technology is wireless communication within a highly mobile environment. To improve mobility and safety, transportation management agencies across the world are developing and implementing ITS strategies. Although the concept of CV was introduced only a few years ago, it has evolved quickly; however, there is still a research gap in Canada regarding how CV technology can improve freeway mobility for all road users. The proposed research program aims to bridge the ITS gap in Canada by exploring innovative, scientifically sound, and technologically feasible solutions for enhancing CV technology in proactive freeway control. This augments the Government of Canada's effort to develop and leverage a safe, innovative and sustainable, world-class, multi-modal transportation strategy that supports a growing economy and a high quality of life for Canadians. Over the past six years, with the support from a NSERC Discovery Grant and as planned in the original test bed proposal, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Transportation have been working closely with my research team on the Whitemud Drive and Anthony Henday Drive test beds. With the infrastructure funding support from CFI, Transport Canada, Alberta Transportation, and City of Edmonton, within the next three years, my research program will install 10 Roadside Equipment (RSE) units along Whitemud Drive, 8 RSE along Anthony Henday Drive, and put 200 vehicle On-Board Equipment (OBE) units into 200 vehicles to support this research program. With the potential support from the NSERC Discovery Grant for the next five years, several fundamental research topics will be explored: 1) How the new data generated from the CV technology will be used to enhance existing data sources; 2) The capabilities and potential, in terms of driver behaviour, roadways and vehicles, of DSRC-based On-Board Equipment (OBE) to determine whether OBE can be used to improve traffic data capturing and freeway management; 3) How existing smart devices and CV technology can work together as an advisory tool for travellers, through analytic modeling and analysis.