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Influence of Moving Light Guide System on Traffic Flow in Presence of Autonomous Vehicles

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As a measure against traffic congestion in uphill and sagging sections of roads, a moving light guide system using LED light emitters installed near the road shoulder has been introduced. In addition, despite the increasing development of autonomous vehicles, no studies have been conducted on the effects of this system under a mixture of both manually driven and autonomous vehicles. The purpose of this study was to conduct a driving simulator experiment to understand the influence of the moving light guide system on the traffic flow when the autonomous driving vehicles are mixed with manual vehicles. Our observations suggest that the moving light guide system may be effective for manual vehicles, even in the presence of autonomous vehicles.

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This work was supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) “Availability of moving light emitters for traffic control under mixed conditions of autonomous vehicles” (Principal researcher: Hiroyuki Oneyama) JP 19 K04642.

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Hiroaki Terada received a BE degree from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2020. He is currently studying for his Master’s degree in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Masami Yanagihara received a BE in 2009, an ME in 2011, and a PhD in 2014 from Kyoto University. He worked at Tokyo Institute of Technology as a post-doc researcher in 2014. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Hiroyuki Oneyama received a BE in 1993, an ME in 1995, and a PhD in 2003 from University of Tokyo. He worked at the Ministry of Construction, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. Since 2014, he has been a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University.

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Terada, H., Yanagihara, M. & Oneyama, H. Influence of Moving Light Guide System on Traffic Flow in Presence of Autonomous Vehicles. Int. J. ITS Res. 19, 335–346 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-021-00252-7

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