Autonomous vehicles opportunities for cities air quality

S Rafael, LP Correia, D Lopes, J Bandeira… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The impacts of autonomous vehicles (AV) on safety, energy and atmospheric emissions
have been recognised to be important issues, but an air quality impact assessment is …

Optimizing operations at freeway weaves with connected and automated vehicles

E Amini, A Omidvar, L Elefteriadou - Transportation Research Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, we propose novel mathematical models and algorithms for optimizing
connected and automated vehicles'(CAVs) trajectories at freeway weaving segments …

Assessing the environmental performances of urban roundabouts using the VSP methodology and AIMSUN

F Acuto, MC Coelho, P Fernandes, T Giuffre… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In line with globally shared environmental sustainability goals, the shift towards citizen-
friendly mobility is changing the way people move through cities and road user behaviour …

Assessing the emission impacts of autonomous vehicles on metropolitan freeways

RF Tomás, P Fernandes, E Macedo… - Transportation Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
While recent studies demonstrate the societal and economic benefits of driverless vehicles,
little is known about the emission impacts of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the context of …

Potential pollutant emission effects of connected and automated vehicles in a mixed traffic flow context for different road types

JM Bandeira, E Macedo, P Fernandes… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The environmental impact of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is still uncertain.
Little is known about how CAVs operational behavior influences the environmental …

Carpooling as an immediate strategy to post-lockdown mobility: A case study in University Campuses

R Tomás, P Fernandes, J Macedo, MC Coelho - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carpooling is a mobility concept that has been showing promising results in reducing single
occupancy use of private cars, which prompted many institutions, namely universities, to …

Estimating pollutant emissions based on speed profiles at urban roundabouts: A pilot study

O Giuffrè, A Granà, T Giuffrè, F Acuto… - Smart and Green …, 2020 - Springer
The paper describes the pilot study conducted to assess the feasibility of the empirical
approach utilizing vehicle trajectory data from a smartphone app and the Vehicle-Specific …

Traffic impact analysis of typical sections of freeway under multiple penetrations of autonomous vehicles

N Zhao, S Zheng, S Hao, J Li, K Wu, C Jiao - CICTP 2020, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Autonomous vehicles will bring new changes to the road traffic flow. The driving behavior of
autonomous vehicles can be set as conservative or aggressive. Therefore, different …

Traffic, emissions and safety impacts of automated vehicles connecting a university and a science park

D Marques, J Bandeira… - 2021 7th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research explores the effects of the integration of automated vehicles (AVs) connecting
a university campus and a science park and its impacts on traffic performance as well as …

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RF da Cruz - core.ac.uk
Esta Dissertação de Mestrado tem como principal objetivo incluir novos critérios de
definição de escolha de rotas em veículos autónomos (VA) numa rede urbana pertencente …