Reduce energy consumption with an advanced eco-routing guidance strategy

School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China

^* Corresponding author: humaobin@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract

Route guidance is an efficient method to improve the capacity and efficiency of traffic system. This paper proposes an advanced ecorouting guidance strategy based on the real-time feedback information of both fuel consumption and travel time under the background of intelligent transportation system. Compared with the geographical shortest path strategy (GSP) and the time shortest path strategy (TSP), simulation experiment results show that the new strategy can help save fuel consumption and traffic cost by less detours. The distribution of travel cost among the roads is also provided, which is consistent with analysis. The implementation of the strategy in real cities might greatly reduce the energy consumption for transportation.