Urban traffic signal control for fuel economy. Part 2. Extension to small cars

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5084176

Messenger, G S

Use of a small car's characteristics in a simulation program utilizing velocity profiles obtained in a traffic study by the Metropolitan Toronto Roads and Traffic Department and the Engine Laboratory at the National Research Council Canada has shown that trends shown in fuel consumption in NRC, Division of Mechanical Engineering Report No. ME-247 are similar for a small-engined vehicle. NRC, DME Report No. ME-247 showed that under the TRANSYT timing plan vehicles encountered fewer stops, saved time and used a slightly smaller amount of fuel than under the existing timing plan. In the report, a large vehicle's fuel consumption was calculated using a computer model of the vehicle which used velocity profiles obtained from an instrumented floating car.

• Research Organization: National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
• OSTI ID: 5084176
• Report Number(s): AD-A-109393/9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320203* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Transportation-- Land & Roadway
AUTOMOBILES
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTROL
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL ECONOMY
PERFORMANCE
SIMULATION
SIZE
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRAFFIC CONTROL
URBAN AREAS
VEHICLES