The 20th and 21st joint COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2020-21)

Currently, with the development of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), rich traffic flow information could be obtained easily to optimize trajectory. Existing studies that generally simplify trajectories as ideal curves or design a passing strategy for all vehicles at a constant speed, failing to coordinate the global trajectory and speed fluctuation. Therefore, a combined model aiming at optimizing the left-turn trajectory and approaching speed jointly for CAVs is proposed in this study. Firstly, a rule-based classification method is proposed based on relevant indicators and three categories are subdivided. A changeable speed adjustment strategy, considering speed fluctuation, in fact, is designed to generate the optimal strategy with minimum total time. Finally, the combined model is tested in three scenarios. And results show that delay of left-turn vehicles is optimized by 19.8%, and the proposed model could improve the operation efficiency of intersections.

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