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Visualizing Vehicle Acceleration and Braking Energy at Intersections along a Major Traffic Corridor

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Chieh Ross Wang,

Tim J. LaClair,

Jibonananda SanyalAuthors Info & Claims

e-Energy '21: Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems

Pages 401 - 405

https://doi.org/10.1145/3447555.3466603

Published: 22 June 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Automobiles approaching a controlled intersection need to brake and come to a full stop when the signal transitions from green to red, and the vehicle must later accelerate to normal speeds after the signal changes back to green. These stops and starts associated with normal signal changes lead to unnecessary energy consumption and vehicle emissions. Previous studies have revealed that the optimization of traffic intersections' signal controls and coordination facilitates smoother traffic flows with reduced stop-and-go driving, which can significantly reduce traffic congestion and unnecessary fuel waste. This paper presents an interactive visual analytics dashboard that allows transportation planners to explore and analyze energy consumption patterns resulting from temporally varying traffic signal phases at multiple intersections along a major transportation corridor using traffic simulation outputs. The visual dashboard is implemented as an accessible and responsive web application and employs a combination of visualization techniques to cover multiple aspects of vehicle acceleration and braking at multiple adjacent intersections along a corridor. The paper presents a case study of a simulated traffic scenario on the Shallowford Road traffic corridor located in Chattanooga, Tennessee to demonstrate the capability of the visual dashboard.

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Almachi CArmas RCuenca E(2024)Visual Analytic of Traffic Simulation Data: A ReviewSmart Cities10.1007/978-3-031-52517-9_4(48-60)Online publication date: 1-Feb-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52517-9_4
Xu HYuan JBerres AShao YWang CLi WLaClair TSanyal JWang H(2023)A Mobile Edge Computing Framework for Traffic Optimization At Urban Intersections Through Cyber-Physical IntegrationIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles10.1109/TIV.2023.3332256(1-16)Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2023.3332256
Jung JOh TKim IPark S(2023)Open-sourced real-time visualization platform for traffic simulationProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2023.03.033220:C(243-250)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.procs.2023.03.033
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Index Terms

Visualizing Vehicle Acceleration and Braking Energy at Intersections along a Major Traffic Corridor
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
      1. Geographic visualization
      2. Visual analytics
    2. Visualization systems and tools
      1. Visualization toolkits

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e-Energy '21: Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems

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Almachi CArmas RCuenca E(2024)Visual Analytic of Traffic Simulation Data: A ReviewSmart Cities10.1007/978-3-031-52517-9_4(48-60)Online publication date: 1-Feb-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52517-9_4
Xu HYuan JBerres AShao YWang CLi WLaClair TSanyal JWang H(2023)A Mobile Edge Computing Framework for Traffic Optimization At Urban Intersections Through Cyber-Physical IntegrationIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles10.1109/TIV.2023.3332256(1-16)Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2023.3332256
Jung JOh TKim IPark S(2023)Open-sourced real-time visualization platform for traffic simulationProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2023.03.033220:C(243-250)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.procs.2023.03.033
Xu HWang CBerres ALaClair TSanyal J(2021)Interactive Web Application for Traffic Simulation Data Management and VisualizationTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board10.1177/036119812110357602676:1(274-292)Online publication date: 26-Aug-2021
https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211035760

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