Integrating Traffic Noise Emission Modelling into Variable Speed Limit Control

2026-09-01

AI Summary

本文提出了一种噪声感知的可变限速框架，通过集成交通状态估计与简化的CNOSSOS-EU排放指标来动态调整限速，以减少交通噪声。

Abstract

Road traffic noise remains a major environmental challenge, yet most speed management strategies are static and do not respond to short-term variations in traffic noise emissions. Although variable speed limit (VSL) systems are widely deployed for safety and congestion mitigation, traffic noise is rarely treated as an explicit operational control objective. This paper proposes a noise-aware VSL framework that integrates aggregated traffic-state estimation with a simplified CNOSSOS-EU-based emission indicator. A stage-based controller with time-varying reference thresholds dynamically adjusts discrete speed-limit levels in response to estimated emission conditions. The framework is evaluated using microscopic traffic simulation calibrated with empirical motorway data and replicated across multiple stochastic realisations. Over a 24-hour evaluation period, the adaptive strategy reduces the receiver-based equivalent sound level by 2.9 dB(A) relative to unrestricted traffic conditions, while maintaining an average vehicle speed approximately 11.3 km/h higher than a permanently imposed low-speed regime. Period-wise analysis shows that speed reductions are activated selectively when emission levels approach calibrated targets, rather than enforcing a constant intermediate limit. Traffic stability indicators reveal moderate increases in speed variability compared with unrestricted operation, but substantially lower braking intensity than under uniform low-speed enforcement. These results demonstrate the feasibility of integrating environmental performance indicators into operational speed control, providing a practical complement to conventional infrastructure-based noise mitigation measures.

Problem

• Traffic Noise
• Variable Speed Limit
• Environmental Performance

Innovation

• noise-aware VSL
• traffic-state estimation
• CNOSSOS-EU-based emission indicator
• stage-based controller
• time-varying reference thresholds