VISSIM and real-world eco-approach and departure comparison

In addition to providing safety and mobility benefits, Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. As new CAV applications are developed, it is valuable to estimate these potential environmental benefits, typically using vehicle activity data and emissions models. To date, most researchers in the U.S. have used the MOVES vehicle emissions model, developed and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, because MOVES uses a binning approach, it is likely underestimating the true energy and emissions savings that occur when CAV applications smooth traffic flow. To illustrate this problem, we measure and model the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for a real-world CAV application: Eco-Approach and Departure (EAD) at signalized intersections. First, a traffic simulation of the real-world corridor the experiments will be performed on was created. Next, the hardware needed to perform the real-world experiment...