California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology

This report focuses on longitudinal issues regarding modeling and control of vehicles in an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) setting. Specifically, the report addresses the issue of vehicle control in an automated highway system, brake actuation and brake control. Recent research findings in the area of automated vehicle platooning on isolated lanes of an automated highway are included. Performance specifications, control system architecture, vehicle control algorithms, actuator and sensor specifications and communication requirements are also discussed. The report also addresses the issue of switching from throttle to brake actuation.