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CACC: Current Research, cont.
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Study highlights:
•An Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program project investigating Connected Vehicle-enabled cooperative merging strategies
•Key Connected Vehicle-enabled strategies being investigated include:
–Dynamic lane control:  to help identify available lane capacity around merge points so that merging and mainline traffic can more efficiently integrate
–Responsive metering:  to institute aggressive dynamic metering rates to take advantage of gaps for merging traffic
–Merge control: cooperative merging techniques utilizing V2V communication
Applicability to CACC:
•Cooperative merging highly relevant to managing vehicle entry into and exit from platoons
•Minimizing vehicle entry and exit friction is key to maximizing the efficiency of a CACC platoon
FHWA/University of Virginia Advanced Freeway Merge Assistance Study (Underway)