All: Efficiency

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Modeling effort finds platooning of light duty vehicles can achieve an optimal fuel savings of 4.5 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/14/2020 | Source Date:
Simulation model shows that with only 10 percent Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) market penetration, implementing a CAV-only lane would degrade overall freeway throughput; however, with 25 percent market penetration, throughput would improve.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 12/30/2019 | Source Date:
The Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot Program investigates damage to roadside units (RSUs) near lightning strikes and improves transient surge immunity by verifying nearby support structures are properly grounded.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 11/18/2019 | Source Date:
Emphasize pilot projects to get real-world data on impact of automated vehicles, recommends United Kingdom mobility inquiry.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 10/22/2019 | Source Date:
A modeling effort shows intelligent trip planners can optimize multi-modal travel and reduce peak period transportation related energy consumption by four percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/18/2019 | Source Date:
Simulation shows V2I applications that use real-time traffic data to recommend merge maneuvers can increase throughput 18 to 22 percent compared to existing systems that use message displays on overhead gantries.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/17/2019 | Source Date:
Cast a broad net in evaluating traveler behavior: Managed Lanes analysis finds evidence of "theory blindness" that can impact model accuracy.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 09/30/2019 | Source Date:
Track testing suggests stop-and-go freeway traffic flow can be controlled to increase throughput by 15 percent with as few as 5 percent autonomous vehicles in the traffic stream.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/26/2019 | Source Date:
Track testing suggests stop-and-go freeway traffic can be controlled to reduce fuel consumption by 40 percent with as few as 5 percent autonomous vehicles in the traffic stream.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/26/2019 | Source Date:
The third truck in a Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control system has a fuel savings of up to 11 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/26/2019 | Source Date:
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