In June of 2018, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) engineers, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation and TransUrban, conducted road tests on the Interstate 95 reversible lanes south of Washington DC. The roadway tests aimed to combine Speed Harmonization with connected automation technologies such as Platooning and Cooperative Merging on the managed lanes.
Speed harmonization has the potential to smooth traffic,increase the number of vehicles that a roadway can handle, and improve safety by making it easier for drivers to change lanes when necessary.
