免棱镜全站仪在行车轨道检修中的应用

免棱镜全站仪无需反射棱镜而能测定待测点的空间位置,利用其这一特点,对难以安置反射棱镜的行车轨道,采用自由设站法测定轨道中心点的坐标,经过拟合中心点的直线方程,通过坐标变换求出中心点到拟合直线的距离,能直观地评定道轨的质量及变化情况。实践证明这种方法快速、准确,在类似的行车设备检修中有很好的应用前景。     

几何设计对快速路立交匝道行车安全性的影响

由于城市快速路转向交通流量大、线形设计标准低,快速路立交匝道成为交通事故的多发点。利用上海市快速路3年事故数据和交通流量检测数据,以上海市浦西地区快速路立交匝道为研究对象,根据车辆在匝道上的行驶特征以及车辆交互特性,将立交匝道划分成出口段、衔接段和入口段及左转匝道、右转匝道等5个研究单元,针对各单元分别建立负二项模型分析匝道几何设计及其组合参数、交通流特征对于安全的影响。结果表明,出口段及入口段的安全性与几何特征的联系较为紧密;迂回式左转匝道相较于右转匝道受几何线形影响大;流量越大、长度越长,事故风险越高,但出口段的长度与事故发生呈负相关关系;出口处为直线、入口处存在长直下坡路段、入口处线形与主线差异大的立交匝道安全性差;迂回式左转匝道上存在过小半径曲线,特别是将小半径曲线设置在出口处,会极大增加事故几率。     

基于粒子群算法的城轨列车节能驾驶优化模型

为了降低城市轨道交通中列车在站间运行的能耗, 研究了列车的站间节能驾驶策略, 在考虑线路限速和坡度的情况下, 建立了时间约束下的列车节能优化模型, 采用粒子群算法优化目标速度序列得出了列车节能驾驶策略。节能驾驶优化方法通过2个阶段来实现, 第1阶段在站间运行时间不变的情况下, 采用粒子群算法优化了列车在站间的节能驾驶策略, 得到了运行时间和能耗的关系, 第2阶段在多站间总运行时间不变的前提下, 将运行时间进行重新分配, 得到了列车在全线运行的节能驾驶策略。以北京地铁亦庄线实际线路数据和车辆参数为基础, 对优化方法进行仿真验证。仿真结果表明: 经过第1阶段的优化, 列车在万源街-荣京东街的单站间运行能耗降低了6.15%, 经过第2阶段的优化, 列车在多站间总运行能耗降低了14.77%。可见, 优化模型可以有效降低列车的运行能耗, 为列车时刻表的编制提供依据。     

Field tests of a dynamic green driving strategy based on inter-vehicle communication

This paper presents the design and results for field tests regarding the environmental benefits in stop-and-go traffic of an algorithmic green driving strategy based on inter-vehicle communication (IVC), which was proposed in Yang and Jin (2014). The green driving strategy dynamically calculates advisory speed limits for vehicles equipped with IVC devices so as to smooth their speed profiles and reduce their emissions and fuel consumption. For the field tests, we develop a smartphone-based IVC system, in which vehicles’ speeds and locations are collected by GPS and accelerometer sensors embedded in smartphones, and communications among vehicles are enabled by specially designed smartphone applications, a central server, and 4G cellular networks. Six field tests are carried out on an uninterrupted ring road under slow or fast stop-and-go traffic conditions. We compare the performances of three alternatives: no green driving, heuristic green driving, and the IVC-based algorithmic green driving. Results show that heuristic green driving has better smoothing and environmental effects than no green driving, but the IVC-based algorithmic green driving outperforms both. In the future, we are interested in field tests under more realistic traffic conditions.     

Mental models of driving and speed: biases,choices and reality

This paper provides a review of research performed by Svenson with colleagues and others work on mental models and their practical implications. Mental models describe how people perceive and think about the world including covariances and relationships between different variables, such as driving speed and time. Research on mental models has detected the time-saving bias [Svenson, O. (1970). A functional measurement approach to intuitive estimation as exemplified by estimated time savings. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 86, 204–210]. It means that drivers relatively overestimate the time that can be saved by increasing speed from an already high speed, for example, 90–130?km/h, and underestimate the time that can be saved by increasing speed from a low speed, for example, 30–45?km/h. In congruence with this finding, mean speed judgments and perceptions of mean speeds are also biased and higher speeds given too much weight and low speeds too little weight in comparison with objective reality. Replacing or adding a new speedometer in the car showing min per km eliminated or weakened the time-saving bias. Information about braking distances at different speeds did not improve overoptimistic judgments of braking capacity, but information about collision speed with an object suddenly appearing on the road did improve judgments of braking capacity. This is relevant to drivers, politicians and traffic regulators.     

Socially optimal electric driving range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

This study determines the optimal electric driving range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that minimizes the daily cost borne by the society when using this technology. An optimization framework is developed and applied to datasets representing the US market. Results indicate that the optimal range is 16 miles with an average social cost of $3.19 per day when exclusively charging at home, compared to $3.27 per day of driving a conventional vehicle. The optimal range is found to be sensitive to the cost of battery packs and the price of gasoline. When workplace charging is available, the optimal electric driving range surprisingly increases from 16 to 22 miles, as larger batteries would allow drivers to better take advantage of the charging opportunities to achieve longer electrified travel distances, yielding social cost savings. If workplace charging is available, the optimal density is to deploy a workplace charger for every 3.66 vehicles. Moreover, the diversification of the battery size, i.e., introducing a pair and triple of electric driving ranges to the market, could further decrease the average societal cost per PHEV by 7.45% and 11.5% respectively.     

Experimental evaluation of Heavy Duty Vehicle speed patterns in urban and port areas and estimation of their fuel consumption and exhaust emissions

Exhaust emissions and fuel consumption of Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs) in urban and port areas were evaluated through a dedicated investigation. The HDV fleet composition and traffic driving from highways to the maritime port of Genoa and crossing the city were analysed. Typical urban trips linking highway exits to port gates and HDV mission profiles within the port area were defined. A validation was performed through on-board instrumentation to record HDV instantaneous speeds in urban and port zones. A statistical procedure enabled the building-up of representative speed patterns. High contrasts and specific driving conditions were observed in the port area. Representative speed profiles were then used to simulate fuel consumption and emissions for HDVs, using the Passenger car and Heavy duty Emission Model (PHEM). Complementary estimations were derived from Copert and HBEFA methodologies, allowing the comparison of different calculation approaches and scales. Finally, PHEM was implemented to assess the performances of EGR or SCR systems for NO_X reduction in urban driving and at very low speeds.The method and results of the investigation are presented. Fuel consumption and pollutant emission estimation through different methodologies are discussed, as well as the necessity of characterizing very local driving conditions for appropriate assessment.     

Analysis of volatility in driving regimes extracted from basic safety messages transmitted between connected vehicles

Driving volatility captures the extent of speed variations when a vehicle is being driven. Extreme longitudinal variations signify hard acceleration or braking. Warnings and alerts given to drivers can reduce such volatility potentially improving safety, energy use, and emissions. This study develops a fundamental understanding of instantaneous driving decisions, needed for hazard anticipation and notification systems, and distinguishes normal from anomalous driving. In this study, driving task is divided into distinct yet unobserved regimes. The research issue is to characterize and quantify these regimes in typical driving cycles and the associated volatility of each regime, explore when the regimes change and the key correlates associated with each regime. Using Basic Safety Message (BSM) data from the Safety Pilot Model Deployment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, two- and three-regime Dynamic Markov switching models are estimated for several trips undertaken on various roadway types. While thousands of instrumented vehicles with vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication systems are being tested, nearly 1.4 million records of BSMs, from 184 trips undertaken by 71 instrumented vehicles are analyzed in this study. Then even more detailed analysis of 43 randomly chosen trips (N = 714,340 BSM records) that were undertaken on various roadway types is conducted. The results indicate that acceleration and deceleration are two distinct regimes, and as compared to acceleration, drivers decelerate at higher rates, and braking is significantly more volatile than acceleration. Different correlations of the two regimes with instantaneous driving contexts are explored. With a more generic three-regime model specification, the results reveal high-rate acceleration, high-rate deceleration, and cruise/constant as the three distinct regimes that characterize a typical driving cycle. Moreover, given in a high-rate regime, drivers’ on-average tend to decelerate at a higher rate than their rate of acceleration. Importantly, compared to cruise/constant regime, drivers’ instantaneous driving decisions are more volatile both in “high-rate” acceleration as well as “high-rate” deceleration regime. The study contributes to analyzing volatility in short-term driving decisions, and how changes in driving regimes can be mapped to a combination of local traffic states surrounding the vehicle.     

不同信号过渡方式对交叉口驾驶行为选择的影响

为掌握黄灯、绿闪和倒计时等不同信号过渡方式对驾驶行为选择的影响,通过对驾驶人黄灯期间交叉口驾驶行为决策过程及其因素的分析,采用现场视频摄录观测方法,对苏锡常地区的若干信号交叉口黄灯期间的机动车驾驶行为选择进行深度调查,对比了闯黄灯车辆行驶速度和初始位置,分析了前3辆机动车的驾驶行为选择.结果表明,信号交叉口采用绿闪和倒计时提示对驾驶行为选择影响较大,其闯黄灯行为发生率明显低于黄灯提示方式,但是倒计时提示会诱发机动车驾驶人加速通过交叉口并增加安全隐患.