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Intelligent Transportation Systems

A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2017) | Viewed by 46670

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Muhammad Alam

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Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: wireless vehicular communications; real-time wireless communications; IoT; smart city applications
Prof. Dr. Joaquim Ferreira

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Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Águeda, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, 3010-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: vehicular communications; dependable systems; real-time communications; cybersecurity; cooperative, connected and automated mobility; embedded systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Transportation systems are very important in modern life; therefore, massive research efforts have been devoted to this field of study in the recent past. Effective vehicular connectivity techniques can significantly enhance efficiency of travel, reduce traffic incidents and improve safety, alleviate the impact of congestion; devising the so-called Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) experience. ITS include telematics and all types of communications in vehicles, between vehicles (e.g., V2V), and between vehicles and infrastructure (e.g., V2I). ITS integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) and apply them to the transport sector. These systems gather data from sensors and equipment deployed within vehicles and infrastructure, and provide services that aim to improve the current transportation system, making it more efficient, sustainable, safe, and environment friendly.

Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research, expecting both from academic and industrial stakeholders, and serves as an outlet for disseminating innovative solutions towards meeting the expectation of ITS. Original, high quality contributions that have not yet been published, submitted, or are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • New paradigms for ITS/Vehicular communication
  • Medium access for vehicular communication
  • Novel Architectures for ITS
  • Real-time sensing for autonomous vehicles
  • Automatic incident detection and recovery
  • Safety aspects of smart mobility
  • Advance parking and monitoring systems
  • Data distribution platforms for ITS
  • Real-time and dynamic prediction of traffic flows
  • Public transport prioritization
  • Prototype development and measurements
  • M2M communication in the scope of ITS
  • Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
  • New paradigms for smart mobility
  • Field trials/Testbed implementations

Dr. Muhammad Alam
Dr. Joaquim Ferreira
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Wireless vehicular communications
  • Vehicular technologies

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Editorial of the Special Issue “Intelligent Transportation Systems”
by Muhammad Alam and Joaquim Ferreira
Information 2017, 8(4), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8040146 - 12 Nov 2017
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Transportation systems are very important in modern life; therefore, massive research efforts have been devoted to this field of study in the recent past. Effective vehicular connectivity techniques can significantly enhance efficiency of travel, reduce traffic incidents and improve safety, and alleviate the [...] Read more.
Transportation systems are very important in modern life; therefore, massive research efforts have been devoted to this field of study in the recent past. Effective vehicular connectivity techniques can significantly enhance efficiency of travel, reduce traffic incidents and improve safety, and alleviate the impact of congestion, constituting the so-called Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) experience.[...] Full article
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A Robust Timetabling Model for a Metro Line with Passenger Activity Information
by Lai Wei and Zhenzhou Yuan
Information 2017, 8(3), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8030102 - 25 Aug 2017
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Timetable design is crucial to the reliability of a metro service. In terms of the delays caused by passengers’ boarding and alighting behaviors during rush hours, the planned timetable for a metro line with high-frequency service tends to be difficult to implement. General [...] Read more.
Timetable design is crucial to the reliability of a metro service. In terms of the delays caused by passengers’ boarding and alighting behaviors during rush hours, the planned timetable for a metro line with high-frequency service tends to be difficult to implement. General oversaturation events, rather than accidents or track damage, still have a significant impact on metro systems, so that trains are canceled and delayed. When the activity reality diverges from the real-time or historical information, it is imperative that dispatchers present a good solution during the planning stage in order to minimize the nuisance for passengers and reduce the crowding risk. This paper presents a robust timetabling model (RTM) for a metro line with passenger activity information, which takes into account congestion and buffer time adjustments. The main objective pursued by dispatchers in the model is the enhancement of punctuality while minimizing train delays by adjusting the buffer time. By explicitly taking the passenger activity information into account, a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model was developed, and a genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed to solve the model. Finally, numerical experiments based on the Batong line of the Beijing Metro were carried out, the results of which verify the effectiveness and efficiency of our method. Full article
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Planning of Vehicle Routing with Backup Provisioning Using Wireless Sensor Technologies
by Noélia Correia, Nuno Carvalho and Gabriela Schütz
Information 2017, 8(3), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8030094 - 02 Aug 2017
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Wireless sensor technologies can be used by intelligent transportation systems to provide innovative services that lead to improvements in road safety and congestion, increasing end-user satisfaction. In this article, we address vehicle routing with backup provisioning, where the possibility of reacting to overloading/overcrowding [...] Read more.
Wireless sensor technologies can be used by intelligent transportation systems to provide innovative services that lead to improvements in road safety and congestion, increasing end-user satisfaction. In this article, we address vehicle routing with backup provisioning, where the possibility of reacting to overloading/overcrowding of vehicles at certain stops is considered. This is based on the availability of vehicle load information, which can be captured using wireless sensor technologies. After discussing the infrastructure and monitoring tool, the problem is mathematically formalized, and a heuristic algorithm using local search procedures is proposed. Results show that planning routes with backup provisioning can allow fast response to overcrowding while reducing costs. Therefore, sustainable urban mobility, with efficient use of resources, can be provided while increasing the quality of service perceived by users. Full article
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A Practical Point Cloud Based Road Curb Detection Method for Autonomous Vehicle
by Rulin Huang, Jiajia Chen, Jian Liu, Lu Liu, Biao Yu and Yihua Wu
Information 2017, 8(3), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8030093 - 30 Jul 2017
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Robust and quick road curb detection under various situations is critical in developing intelligent vehicles. However, the road curb detection is easily affected by the obstacles in the road area when Lidar based method is applied. A practical road curb detection method using [...] Read more.
Robust and quick road curb detection under various situations is critical in developing intelligent vehicles. However, the road curb detection is easily affected by the obstacles in the road area when Lidar based method is applied. A practical road curb detection method using point cloud from a three-dimensional Lidar for autonomous vehicle is reported in this paper. First, a multi-feature, loose-threshold, varied-scope ground segmentation method is presented to increase the robustness of ground segmentation with which obstacles above the ground can be detected. Second, the road curb is detected by applying the global road trend and an extraction-update mechanism. Experiments show the robustness and efficiency of the road curb detection under various environments. The road curb detection method is 10 times the speed of traditional method and the accuracy is much higher than existing methods. Full article
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Deployment and Field Evaluation of In-Vehicle Traffic Signal Advisory System (ITSAS)
by Joyoung Lee, Slobodan Gutesa, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Yuchuan Zhang, Lazar Spasovic and Jeevanjot Singh
Information 2017, 8(3), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8030072 - 25 Jun 2017
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This research evaluates the impact of In-vehicle Signal Advisory System (ITSAS) on signalized arterial. ITSAS provides individual drivers equipped with a mobile communication device with advisory speed information enabling to minimize the time delay and fuel consumption when crossing intersection. Given the instantaneous [...] Read more.
This research evaluates the impact of In-vehicle Signal Advisory System (ITSAS) on signalized arterial. ITSAS provides individual drivers equipped with a mobile communication device with advisory speed information enabling to minimize the time delay and fuel consumption when crossing intersection. Given the instantaneous vehicular driving information, such as position, speed, and acceleration rate, ITSAS produces advisory speed information by taking into consideration the traffic signal changes at a downstream intersection. The advisory speed information includes not only an optimal speed range updated every 300-ft for individual drivers but also a descriptive message to warn drivers stop to ensure safety at the downstream intersection. Unlike other similar Connected Vehicles applications for intersection management, ITSAS does not require Roadside Equipment (RSE) to disseminate the advisory speed information as it is designed to exploit commercial cellular network service (i.e., 3G and 4G-LTE). Thus, ITSAS can be easily plugged into existing traffic control management system to rapidly conduct its implementation without significant additional cost. This research presents the field evaluations of ITSAS on a signalized corridor in New Jersey, which discovered significant travel time savings for the equipped vehicle. Full article
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Car-to-Pedestrian Communication Safety System Based on the Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network Environment: A Systematic Review
by Peng Jing, Wei Huang and Long Chen
Information 2017, 8(4), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8040127 - 14 Oct 2017
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With the unparalleled growth of motor vehicles, traffic accident between pedestrians and vehicles is one of the most serious issues in the word-wild. Plenty of injuries and fatalities are caused by the traffic accidents and crashes. The connected vehicular ad hoc network as [...] Read more.
With the unparalleled growth of motor vehicles, traffic accident between pedestrians and vehicles is one of the most serious issues in the word-wild. Plenty of injuries and fatalities are caused by the traffic accidents and crashes. The connected vehicular ad hoc network as an emerging approach which has the potential to reduce and even avoid accidents have been focused on by many researchers. A large number of car-to-pedestrian communication safety systems based on the vehicular ad hoc network are researching and developing. However, to our limited knowledge, a systematic review about the car-to-pedestrian communication safety system based on the vehicular ad-hoc network has not be written. The purpose and goal of this review is to systematically evaluate and access the reliability of car-to-pedestrian communication safety system based on the vehicular ad-hoc network environment and provide some recommendations for the future works according to throwing some light on the previous literatures. A quality evaluation was developed through established items and instruments tailored to this review. Future works are needed to focus on developing a valid as well as effective communication safety system based on the vehicular ad hoc network to protect the vulnerable road users. Full article
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An Adaptive Traffic Signal Control in a Connected Vehicle Environment: A Systematic Review
by Peng Jing, Hao Huang and Long Chen
Information 2017, 8(3), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/info8030101 - 24 Aug 2017
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In the last few years, traffic congestion has become a growing concern due to increasing vehicle ownerships in urban areas. Intersections are one of the major bottlenecks that contribute to urban traffic congestion. Traditional traffic signal control systems cannot adjust the timing pattern [...] Read more.
In the last few years, traffic congestion has become a growing concern due to increasing vehicle ownerships in urban areas. Intersections are one of the major bottlenecks that contribute to urban traffic congestion. Traditional traffic signal control systems cannot adjust the timing pattern depending on road traffic demand. This results in excessive delays for road users. Adaptive traffic signal control in a connected vehicle environment has shown a powerful ability to effectively alleviate urban traffic congestions to achieve desirable objectives (e.g., delay minimization). Connected vehicle technology, as an emerging technology, is a mobile data platform that enables the real-time data exchange among vehicles and between vehicles and infrastructure. Although several reviews about traffic signal control or connected vehicles have been written, a systemic review of adaptive traffic signal control in a connected vehicle environment has not been made. Twenty-six eligible studies searched from six databases constitute the review. A quality evaluation was established based on previous research instruments and applied to the current review. The purpose of this paper is to critically review the existing methods of adaptive traffic signal control in a connected vehicle environment and to compare the advantages or disadvantages of those methods. Further, a systematic framework on connected vehicle based adaptive traffic signal control is summarized to support the future research. Future research is needed to develop more efficient and generic adaptive traffic signal control methods in a connected vehicle environment. Full article
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