Exploring the influence of automated driving styles on network efficiency

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Contributors

  • Qing Long Lu - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Moeid Qurashi - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Damir Varesanovic - , Nervtech Ltd. (Author)
  • Jaka Sodnik - , University of Ljubljana (Author)
  • Constantinos Antoniou - , Technical University of Munich (Author)

Abstract

Automated vehicle technology can be beneficial for many aspects of transport, especially, improving traffic flow stability and efficiency. However, the influence of different automated driving styles on traffic efficiency is still not fully understood. Transport systems are very complex and non-linear, i.e. many participants with different characteristics interact with each other and the aggregated result of their interactions could cause a remarkable change in the entire network. Considering that automated vehicles with different driving styles interact with the environment in different ways, we try to understand the influence of different automated driving styles (e.g., cautious, normal, aggressive) on the important variables in traffic flow theory (e.g., speed) to reveal their impact on network efficiency. Characteristics of these driving styles are extracted by clustering the highD dataset and then, translated into different car-following models for simulation in the SUMO traffic simulator environment. Multiple scenarios of mixed traffic conditions (i.e. ranging different ratios of driving styles) are simulated on the network of Munich inner city.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)380-387
Number of pages8
JournalTransportation Research Procedia
Volume52
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Conference

Title23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2020
Duration16 - 18 September 2020
CityPaphos
CountryCyprus

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0135-6450/work/151982392

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • automated driving styles, Automated vehicles, network efficiency