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Table 2 Studies about headway distribution in mixed traffic

From: Impact of connected and autonomous vehicle dedicated lane on the freeway traffic efficiency

Index of study

Automation level of CAV

Data source

Headway between HVs (s)

Headway for an HV following a CAV (s)

Headway for a CAV following an HV (s)

Headway between CAVs (s)

1 Joel VanderWerf et al. [20]

ACC

Simulation

–

–

Uniform 1.0–2.0

Uniform 0.5–1.4

2 Bose and Ioannou, [21]

ACC/CACC

Simulation

Uniform 0.7–2.2

–

Uniform 0.5–1.5

–

3 Arem et al. [22]

CACC

Simulation

Fixed 1.4

Fixed 1.4

Fixed 1.4

Fixed 0.5

4 Christopher Nowakowski et al. [23]

CACC

Field test

–

–

Uniform 1.1–2.2

Uniform 0.6–1.1

5 Schakel et al. [24]

ACC

Field test

–

–

Gaussian 1.2 ± 0.15 and 1.2 ± 0.3

Gaussian 1.2 ± 0.15 and 1.2 ± 0.3

6 Larsson [25]

ACC

Survey

–

–

Uniform 1.0–2.6

 

7 Altay et al. [26]

ACC/CACC

Field test

–

–

Uniform 0.6–2.0

Uniform 0.6–2.0

8 Li Zhao and Sun [27]

ACC/CACC

Simulation

–

–

Fixed 1.4

Fixed 0.5

9 Kumar et al. [28]

None

Field data

Uniform 1.3–2.4

–

  

10 Arnaout and Bowling [29]

CACC

Simulation

Uniform 1.0–1.8

Uniform 1.0–1.8

Uniform 0.8–1.0

Fixed 0.5

11 Nikolos et al. [30]

ACC/CACC

Numerical

Simulations

–

–

Uniform 0.8–2.2

–

12 Hussain et al. [7]

CAV

Numerical analysis

Fixed 1.8

1.2 or 1.8

1.2 or 1.8

0.3 and 0.45

13 Ivanchev et al. [9]

AV

Agent-based macroscopic simulation

Fixed 1.8

Fixed 1.8

Uniform 0.5–1.0

Uniform 0.5–1.0

14 Darbha et al. [31]

ACC

Numerical

simulation

–

–

–

0.68–0.88 or 0.27–0.5 or 0.31–0.58

15 [1]

CAV

Numerical analysis

Uniform 0.8–2.2

Uniform 0.8–2.2

Uniform 0.7–1.5

Uniform 0.6–1.1

16 [32]

AV

Simulation

Fixed 1.8

Fixed 1.8

Fixed 1.2

Fixed 0.9

17 Lu et al. [33]

AV

Simulation

Fixed 0.9

Fixed 0.9

Fixed 0.6

Fixed 0.6

18 Nishimura et al. [34]

AV

Simulation

Normal average 1.69

Normal average 1.69

Uniform 0.1–3.0

Uniform 0.1–3.0

19 Zhao et al. [35]

CAV

Simulation

Fixed 1.2

Fixed 1.2

Fixed 0.9

Fixed 0.9

20 Martin-Gasulla et al. [19]

CAV

Simulation

Fixed 0.9

Fixed 0.9

Uniform 1.5–2.5

Fixed 0.6