Conference Proceedings
A Simulation Study of Emergency Vehicle Prioritization in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Hairuo Xie, Shanika Karunasekera, Lars Kulik, Egemen Tanin, Rui Zhang, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference | IEEE | Published : 2017
Abstract
Emergency vehicle prioritization is important to the efficiency of emergency services. To address certain challenges in emergency vehicle prioritization, we perform microscopic simulations of an intelligent transportation system, where emergency vehicles broadcast certain information about their routes to nearby vehicles and traffic lights. Our study shows that broadcasting the route information can help reduce the response time of emergency vehicles significantly. In certain case, travel time of emergency vehicles can be as low as 37.1% of that of non-priority vehicles.
Grants
Awarded by Discovery Project
Awarded by Linkage Project
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by a Discovery Project grant DP130103705 and a Linkage Project grant LP120200130.