Simulating deployment of connectivity and automation on the Antwerp ring road
As connectivity and automation make their way in to transportation systems, they are expected to have a forceful impact, drastically changing road transportation. The introduction of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is expected to advance safety and comfort. But, they can also affect characteristics of road networks, such as capacities, delays and efficiency. To foresee important challenges, reinforce potential benefits and reduce potential disadvantages of this new disruptive technology, its impacts should be well studied and understood before their anticipated introduction. In this paper, a microscopic simulation framework to estimate these impacts is developed. Simulation experiments are conducted for various traffic mixtures of manually driven vehicles, AVs and CAVs, different desired time headways settings and traffic demand levels, to evaluate the sensitivity of the network performance to these factors. The ring road of Antwerp is used for the case study. Thus, the results and conclusions refer to a large real-world network. The consequences of the introduction of AVS and CAVs on traffic flow and pollutant emissions are evaluated. The results show that depending on the demand, AVs introduction can have negative effects on traffic flow, while CAVs may benefit the network performance, depending on their market penetration.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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Authors:
- Mattas, Konstantinos
- Makridis, Michalis
- Hallac, Pauliana
- Raposo, María Alonso
- Thiel, Christian
- Toledo, Tomer
- Ciuffo, Biagio
- Publication Date: 2018-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 1036-1044
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Serial:
- IET Intelligent Transport Systems
- Volume: 12
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
- ISSN: 1751-956X
- EISSN: 1751-9578
- Serial URL: https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17519578
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Highway safety; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Mobile communication systems
- Geographic Terms: Antwerp (Belgium)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01684680
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 30 2018 10:48AM