AEJ - ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL, cilt.88, ss.36-44, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
Traffic intersections act as pivotal junctions where various streams of
traffic intersect and intersecting movements occur. When traffic volumes
are high, intersections that are efficiently designed and equipped with
intelligent traffic control systems can optimize the movement of
vehicles. Accordingly, the time spent by vehicles at intersections
increases, and these vehicles cause the vehicles behind them to slow
down. This study aims to enhance the efficacy of reservation-based
intersection control for platoons comprising vehicles arriving at
intersections and turning in various directions. To assess the impact of
different platooning algorithms on both the average speed of vehicles
within the platoons and the total time spent at intersections,
simulations were conducted using the SUMO environment. These simulations
observed variations in the average speed values of vehicles and the
duration spent by vehicles at intersections. The simulation results
showed that the proposed reservation-based platoon ordering algorithm
significantly contributed to increasing the average speed and reducing
waiting time.