Sizing a fleet of automated vehicles

A demand-responsive case study for Zurich

Sebastian Hörl

hEART 2018

7 September 2018, Athens

Fleet sizing

Fleet sizing

Fleet sizing

Autonomous vehicles?

Cost structures?

User preferences?

System impact?

1. AV Cost Calculator

2. Stated preference survey

3. MATSim simulation

1) AV Cost Calculator

Bösch, P.M., F. Becker, H. Becker and K.W. Axhausen (2018) Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services, Transport Policy, 64, 76-91

2) Survey

Felix Becker, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich.

2) Survey

Felix Becker, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich.

Short distances

Long distances

3) MATSim Model

3) MATSim Model

Network simulation

Scoring

Replanning

3) MATSim Model

Network simulation

Scoring

Replanning

Network simulation

Choice Model

* Hörl, S., M. Balac, K.W. Axhausen (2018) Pairing discrete mode choice models and agent-based transport simulation with MATSim, submitted to the Annual Meeting of the Transport Research Board 2019

3) MATSim Model

3) MATSim Model

3) MATSim Model

3) MATSim Model

3) MATSim Model

Model integration

Model integration

Results

Results

Results

Results

Results

  • Competition with private AVs

 

  • Induced Demand from travel time benefits

Work in progress ...

Spatial constraints

Operational constraints

Intermodality

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_365-65_-_Ladestation_f%C3%BCr_Elektrofahrzeuge,_StVO_2014.svg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/viriyincy/4528290409

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Zeichen_316_-_Parken_und_Reisen,_StVO_1992.svg

Thanks!

Questions?

Contact: sebastian.hoerl@ivt.baug.ethz.ch

Sizing a fleet of automated vehicles

By Sebastian Hörl

Sizing a fleet of automated vehicles

hEART 2018, Athens, 7 Sep 2018

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