PASQUALE , Cecilia

In this paper a local ramp-metering strategy is proposed to minimize traffic emissions in a freeway; the control scheme is based on a two-class dynamic model in which two vehicle categories related to cars and trucks are explicitly represented. In fact, a major objective of the proposed approach is to devise separate ramp metering control...

Two hierarchical control schemes for regulating traffic in freeway networks via ramp metering are developed in this article. Both schemes are characterized by a multiclass nature and aim to jointly improve the total time spent by the vehicles and their pollutant emissions in the freeway network. Moreover, these schemes have been designed to be...

The efficiency of freeway systems is often hindered by recurrent and non-recurrent congestion. The occurrence of these events is due not only to the high number of vehicles trying to use a shared infrastructure, but also by phenomena that temporarily deteriorate the capacity of the infrastructure itself. Among them, road accidents are...

The chapter focuses on ramp metering control strategies used to regulate traffic in freeway networks. Starting from a detailed survey of the most common scientific works devoted to the development of ramp metering control algorithms, the chapter focuses on recent approaches devoted to sustainable ramp metering. These works are mostly devoted to...

In this paper, a two-stage modeling framework is proposed to represent the route choices and dynamics of two classes of traffic flows, namely passengers and freight, in a large-scale intermodal transportation network. More in details, the transport modes considered in this model are road transport, represented through a highway network, and...

In this paper a platoon-actuated mainstream traffic control is proposed to decongest bottlenecks due to recurrent and nonrecurrent events. Indeed, differently from traditional mainstream control strategies, i.e., control strategies applied with fixed actuators, platoon-actuated control can be applied at any location on the freeway. In this...