READ ME File For 'Data for Integrating Connected Vehicles into Urban Traffic Management Systems'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1661

ReadMe Author: Craig Benjamin Rafter, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0003-3411-114X

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Integrating Connected Vehicles into Urban Traffic Management Systems'
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2020

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This dataset contains:
bhamSurvey - Traffic survey sheets for manual vehicle counts and turning proportions from Selly Oak, Birmingham, UK
Craig_Rafter_PhD_Thesis - LaTeX source for the PhD thesis
SUMO_BIRMINGHAM - Modelling files (Python 2.7, SUMO 0.32.0) for the Selly Oak SUMO vehicle simulator model 
SUMO_FRAMEWORK - Testing framework (Python 2.7 & 3+, SUMO 0.32.0) for running research simulations
Survey_CVDataSharingPrefs - Results from online survey of users' willingness to share data with connected vehicles + Python analysis

Date of data collection: September 2015 - November 2020

Information about geographic location of data collection: 
1. Online Survey
2. Selly Oak, Birmingham, UK
3. Southampton, UK

Licence:
CC BY

Related projects/Funders:
1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - Grant EP/L015382/1
2. Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL)

Related publications:
Rafter, CB, Anvari, B & Box, S 2017, Traffic responsive intersection control algorithm using GPS data. in 2017 IEEE 19th
International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). IEEE, Piscataway, 2017 20th International IEEE
Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Yokohama, Japan, 16/10/17.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2017.8317795

Rafter, CB, Anvari, B & Box, S 2018, A hybrid traffic responsive intersection control algorithm using global positioning
system and inductive loop data: (paper no 18-02779). in Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 97th Annual
Meeting. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, United States, 7/01/18. <
http://amonline.trb.org/2017trb-1.3983622/t023-1.3996143/251-1.3997088/18-02779-1.3997101/18-02779-
1.3997102?qr=1>

Rafter, CB, Anvari, B, Box, S & Cherrett, T 2020, 'Augmenting traffic signal control systems for urban road networks with
connected vehicles', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 21, no. 4, 8995570, pp. 1728-1740.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2020.2971540

Rafter, CB 2020, 'Integrating Connected Vehicles into Urban Traffic Management Systems', Doctor of Philosophy,
University of Southampton.

Date that the file was created: November, 2020