Microscopic traffic simulation software have gained significant popularity and are widely used both in industry and research mainly because of the ability of these tools to reflect the dynamic nature of the transportation system in a stochastic fashion. To better utilize these software, it is necessary to understand the underlying logic and differences between them. A Car-following model is the...

This work explores the problem of estimating road link densities from cellular tower signals by mobile subscribers in urban areas. We pose the estimation problem as a quadratic program, and present a robust framework that produces vehicle density estimates and is suitable for large-scale problems. We demonstrate that both simple and sophisticated models of cellular network connections can be ha...

Eco-driving is an initiative driving behavior which aims to reduce fuel consumption and emissions from automobiles. Recently, it has attracted increasing interests and has been adopted by many drivers in Australia. Although many of the studies have revealed considerable benefits in terms of fuel consumption and emissions after utilising eco-driving, most of the literature investigated eco-drivi...

Driving simulators are often used in a type of experiments where the result may depend on traffic conditions. One example is the evaluation of cellular phones and how they affect driving behavior. It is clear that the ability to use phones during driving depends on the amount of traffic, and that realistic experiments in driving simulators therefore must include surrounding traffic. This paper ...

Floating Car Data (FCD) is becoming a more and more popular technique for travel time measurements in road networks. Nevertheless, FCD is a sampling technique which requires controlling the statistical properties of link travel times to obtain accurate estimations. Based on microsimulation outputs, this paper shows which parameters play a key role in the travel time estimation accuracy, particu...

1 Autonomous vehicles are attracting more and more attention as a promising approach to improve 2 both highway safety and efficiency. Most previous studies on autonomous intersection 3 management relied heavily on custom-built simulation tools to implement and evaluate their 4 control algorithms. The use of the non-standard simulation platforms makes comparison between 5 different systems almos...