Abstract:
This article presents experimental evidence of the ability of a single automated vehicle acting as a controller to effectively dissipate stop-and-go waves in real traffic. The automated vehicle succeeded in stabilizing the speed profile by reducing oscillations in time and speed variations between vehicles during rush hour on I-24 in the Nashville area. We detail the control design, deployment and results obtained in this experiment, conducted as part of the CIRCLES consortium’s “MegaVanderTest” 2022, which involved a total of 100 automated vehicles.
Publication date:
February 1, 2025
Publication type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Hayat, A., Alanqary, A., Bhadani, R., Denaro, C., Weightman, R. J., Xiang, S., Lee, J. W., Bunting, M., Gollakota, A., Nice, M. W., Gloudemans, D., Zachár, G., Davis, J. F., Delle Monache, M. L., Seibold, B., Bayen, A. M., Sprinkle, J., Work, D. B., & Piccoli, B. (2025). Traffic Smoothing Using Explicit Local Controllers: Experimental Evidence for Dissipating Stop-and-go Waves with a Single Automated Vehicle in Dense Traffic. IEEE Control Systems, 45(1), 95–110. IEEE Control Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCS.2024.3503402