Simulation Study of Autonomous Vehicles’ Effect on Traffic Flow Characteristics including Autonomous Buses
Joint Authors
Muhammad, Tanveer
Lu, Huapu
Kashmiri, Faizan Ahmad
Naeem, Hassan
Qi, Xin
Chia-Chun, Hsu
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-07-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Autonomous vehicles are expected to revolutionize the transportation industry.
The goal of this research is to study the heterogeneity in traffic flow dynamics by comparing different penetration rates of four different types of vehicles: autonomous cars (AC), autonomous buses (AB), manual cars (MC), and manual buses (MB).
For the purpose of this research, a modified cellular automata (CA) model is developed in order to analyze the effect of heterogeneous vehicles (manual and autonomous).
Previously, studies have focused on manual and autonomous cars, but we believe a gap in perception and analysis of mixed traffic still exists, as inclusion of other modes of autonomous vehicle research is very limited.
Therefore, we have explicitly examined the effect of the AB on overall traffic flow.
Moreover, two types of lane changing behavior (aggressive lane changing and polite lane changing) were also integrated into the model.
Multiple scenarios through different compositions of vehicles were simulated.
As per the results, if AB is employed concurrently with AC, there will be a significant improvement in traffic flow and road capacity, as equally more passengers can be accommodated in AB as AC is also anticipated to be used in carpooling.
Secondly, when the vehicles change the lanes aggressively, there is a substantial growth in the flow rate and capacity of the network.
Polite lane change does not significantly affect the flow rate.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Tanveer& Kashmiri, Faizan Ahmad& Naeem, Hassan& Qi, Xin& Chia-Chun, Hsu& Lu, Huapu. 2020. Simulation Study of Autonomous Vehicles’ Effect on Traffic Flow Characteristics including Autonomous Buses. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Tanveer…[et al.]. Simulation Study of Autonomous Vehicles’ Effect on Traffic Flow Characteristics including Autonomous Buses. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-17.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Tanveer& Kashmiri, Faizan Ahmad& Naeem, Hassan& Qi, Xin& Chia-Chun, Hsu& Lu, Huapu. Simulation Study of Autonomous Vehicles’ Effect on Traffic Flow Characteristics including Autonomous Buses. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175627
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1175627