EVALUATION OF ADVANCED VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH TRAFFIC MICROSIMULATION

<p>This folder contains&nbsp; products developed from STRIDE I-5 project.</p> <p>This project builds on a previously funded STRIDE project (D4) where a simulation extension was built using the micro simulator VISSIM to accurately represent vehicle autonomy and connectivity, and their operational and environmental effects.</p> <p>In this project, the research team expanded the functionality of the simulation extension to:</p> <p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Model human driven vehicles in the presence of AVs. An aggressive merging behavior model was implemented in VISSIM to study potential queue-jumping behavior at a freeway on-ramp. The research team also considered implementing this model in the open-source simulator SUMO.</p> <p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consider advanced vehicle dynamics and enable users to customize driver, vehicle, operating environment, and operating mode separately.</p> <p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporate a real-time optimization tool (RIO) previously developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). RIO jointly optimizes vehicle trajectories and signal control by taking advantage of CAV technologies.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In this project, the research team conducted the following educational activities:</p> <p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Developed and conducted a nation-wide survey to understand the needs of the CAV education.</p> <p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Developed six instructional modules for CAV education.</p> <p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Developed a training module to model CAVs in microsimulation environment.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The products developed from this project are:</p> <p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An enhanced simulation extension that can be used as a &ldquo;plug and play&rdquo; solution to model CAVs and human driven vehicles in presence of CAVs with options to consider advanced vehicle dynamics and incorporate signal/trajectory optimization.</p> <p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Educational modules on how CAVs impact planning, design, modeling, and analysis of transportation facilities along with a training module to model CAVs using VISSIM</p>