Speed limit effect during lane change in a two-lane lattice model under V2X environment

Abstract

Speed limit measures are ubiquitous due to the complexity of the road environment, which can be supplied with the help of vehicle to everything (V2X) communication technology. Therefore, the influence of speed limit on traffic system will be investigated to construct a two-lane lattice model accounting for the speed limit effect during the lane change process under V2X environment. Accordingly, the stability condition and the mKdV equation are closely associated with the speed limit effect through theory analysis. Moreover, the evolution of density and hysteresis loop is simulated to demonstrate the positive role of the speed limit effect on traffic stability in the cases of strong reaction intensity and high limited speed.