  An automated vehicle refers to a vehicle that can achieve a safe movement on
a roadway facility without the influence of a human driver. With emerging trend
of the connected vehicle concept over the past decade, numerous
state-of-the-art applications focusing on automated vehicle-based intersection
control have been proposed. The main purpose of this study is to estimate and
evaluate impact of designated lanes for automated vehicles and recommend some
viable lane configuration scenarios for signalized urban arterials. The
automated driving was simulated in PTV Vissim using trajectory-driven control
strategy. The concept evaluation through microsimulation reveals significant
mobility improvements compared to operational scenario without lane
reservation. Findings imply that for signalized corridors observed in this
study, total travel time reductions are ranging from 5.1% to 19.4% depending on
C/AV market penetration, and test-bed configuration parameters.
