Dynamic Speed Limiting Method and Simulation Verification for Road Construction Zones Under Vehicle-Road Collaboration Environment
摘要
To solve the imbalance between efficiency and safety caused by traditional static speed limit management in road construction zones (which fails to adapt to dynamic traffic flow), this study proposes a dynamic speed limiting method under the vehicle-road collaboration environment. A multi-lane improved Nagel-Schreckenberg (NaSch) model based on Cellular Automata (CA) was constructed to simulate vehicle car-following and lane-changing behaviors in construction zones. With "maximizing traffic efficiency and minimizing speed fluctuations" as objectives, a dynamic speed limit control strategy was designed using the Genetic Algorithm and ε-constraint method. VISSIM was used to build simulation scenarios, comparing three schemes: static speed limit (Scheme A), traditional time-period dynamic speed limit (Scheme B), and vehicle-road collaborative dynamic speed limit (Scheme C). Results show that Scheme C outperforms A and B: in peak periods (2000 pcu/h), average delay decreases by 28.25% (vs A) and 16.67% (vs B), speed fluctuation standard deviation drops by 25.23% (vs A); in off-peak periods (1200 pcu/h), average delay reduces by 21.51% (vs A), and average speed increases by 11.99% (vs A). The method effectively improves construction zone traffic efficiency and safety, with more significant advantages in peak periods.