The SFI-funded ClearWay project is investigating new models of road management is which each vehicle is allocated a slot in which to travel for the duration of its journey. Adherence to travelling in its allocated slot ensures congestion-free travel from source to destination for each vehicle (in the absence of unexpected events). A central control system is in charge of vehicle scheduling along the road. Remaining within its assigned slot may be the responsibility of the driver or of a cruise control system installed in the vehicle.
This project will undertake a simulation and evaluation of a slot-based driving model in the CARLA [1] simulator and compare the performance of the approach with current practise or emerging techniques such as cooperative adaptive cruise control.
[1] https://carla.org/ (accessed 2024-08-29)