A new approach to driving cycle development and its applications

Abstract

Driving cycles describe the general driving pattern of a vehicle in a road network, and are usually represented by speed-time profiles of equal spacing. They are used to approximate and represent driving conditions as an input for laboratory chassis dynamometers, so that fuel consumption, exhaust emissions and emission coefficients can be evaluated. Traditional methods of data collection for use in driving cycle development involve attaching expensive data loggers to vehicles and often hiring professional drivers to sit in traffic, sometimes for hours at a time.