On the Impact of Virtual Traffic Lights on Carbon Emissions Mitigation

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2011

Autores

Michel Ferreira (Autor) FCUP; Pedro M. d'Orey (Autor) FCUP

Revista

Título: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Páginas: 284-295

ISSN: 1524-9050

Editora: IEEE

Indexação

INSPEC

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática

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Abstract (EN): Considering that the transport sector is responsible for an increasingly important share of current environmental problems, we look at Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) as a feasible means of helping in solving this issue. In particular, we evaluate the impact in terms of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)emissions of Virtual Traffic Light (VTL), which is a recently proposed infrastructureless traffic control system solely based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication. Our evaluation uses a real-city scenario in a complex simulation framework, involving microscopic traffic, wireless communication, and emission models. Compared with an approximation of the physical traffic light system deployed in the city, our results show a significant reduction on CO2 emissions when using VTLs, reaching nearly 20% under high-density traffic.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica