Integrated Traffic Flow Models and Analysis for Automated Vehicles

With the emergence of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, research on traffic flow modeling and analysis will play a very important role in improving our understanding of the fundamental characteristics of traffic flow. The frontier of studies on CAV systems have examined the impacts of CAVs on freeway bottleneck capacity, and macroscopic traffic flow, CAV B. van Arem Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, Room 4.13, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] M.M. Abbas Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 750 Drillfield Drive, 200 Patton Hall, Room 301-D3, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA e-mail: [email protected] X. Li University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENG 207, Tampa, FL 33620-5350, USA e-mail: [email protected] L. Head The University of Arizona, 1127 E. James E. Rogers Way, Room 111, P.O. Box 210020, Tucson, AZ 85721-0020, USA e-mail: [email protected] X. Zhou Arizona State University, College Avenue Commons, Room 474, 660 S. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287-530, USA e-mail: [email protected] D. Chen (&) University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr., Room 2205, Madison, WI 53703, USA e-mail: [email protected] R. Bertini California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0353, USA e-mail: [email protected] © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 G. Meyer and S. Beiker (eds.), Road Vehicle Automation 3, Lecture Notes in Mobility, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40503-2_20 249 applications on optimization of individual vehicle trajectories, potentials of CAV in traffic signal control, and applications of CAV in network routing. For current and future research initiatives, the greatest challenge lies in the potential inconsistencies between user, operator, and manufacturer goals. Specific research needs were identified on data collection and analysis on CAV behavior and applications. This paper summarizes the presentations and discussions during the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2015 (AVS15) held in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on July 20–23, 2015.