A platoon regulation algorithm to improve the traffic performance of highway work zones

This paper presents a cooperative traffic control strategy to increase the capacity of nonrecurrent bottlenecks such as work zones by making full use spatial resources upstream zones. The area is divided into two zones: regulation and merging areas. basic logic that large gap more efficient in accommodating vehicles than several small scattered gaps with same total length. In area, nonlinear programming model developed balance both improvements safety risks. A two-step solving algorithm proposed for finding optimal solutions. sorting used design lane-changing trajectories based on regulated platoons. case study conducted, results indicate able significantly improve zone minor disturbances traffic.