Simulating autonomous vehicles
Costs, surveys and simulation with MATSim
Sebastian Hörl
IEA Transport Meeting
Paris
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The street in 1900
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The street today
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The street of tomorrow?
- Autonomous Mobility
- Mobility as a Service
- Mobility on Demand
- Electrification
- Aerial Mobility
Julius Bär / Farner
Mesoscopic Transport Simulation
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Senozon VIA
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MATSim
Home
Work
Shop
Home
until 8am
9am to 6pm
6:15m to 6:30pm
from 6:45pm
walk
public
transport
walk
MATSim
Network simulation
Scoring of the plans
Selection and modification
Scenario
Autonomous vehicles - Project setup
- Cost calculator
- Model choice model
- Simulation (MATSim)
Self-driving vehicles
Access to Mobility
Effective Capacities
Costs
Individualization
Empty distance
Travels
Net effect?
Self-driving vehicles
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Cost calculator
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Bösch, P.M., F. Becker, H. Becker and K.W. Axhausen (2018) Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services, Transport Policy, 64, 76-91
Cost calculator
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Bösch, P.M., F. Becker, H. Becker and K.W. Axhausen (2018) Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services, Transport Policy, 64, 76-91
Survey
- Stated preference survey
- 400 respondents
- 400 respondents
- Attitudes towards different AV services
- One regular short trip
- One regular long trip
- Mobility tool ownership
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Becker, F. and K.W. Axhausen (2017) Predicting the use of automated vehicles. [First results from the pilot survey], presented at the 17 Swiss Transport Research Conference, May 2017, Ascona.
Survey
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Survey
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Integration with MATSim
Discrete mode choice model
Network simulation
Estimation
Cost Calculator
Case study 1: dispatching strategies
- Maximum demand case
- Freeflow conditions
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Hörl, S., C. Ruch, F. Becker, E. Frazzoli, K.W. Axhausen (2018) Fleet control algorithms for automated mobility: A simulation assessment for Zurich, Submitted to Transportation Research: Part C.
Case study: dispatching strategies
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Case study: dispatching strategies
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Case study 1: dispatching strategies
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Hörl, S., C. Ruch, F. Becker, E. Frazzoli, K.W. Axhausen (2018) Fleet control algorithms for automated mobility: A simulation assessment for Zurich, Submitted to Transportation Research: Part C.
Case study 1: dispatching strategies
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Hörl, S., C. Ruch, F. Becker, E. Frazzoli, K.W. Axhausen (2018) Fleet control algorithms for automated mobility: A simulation assessment for Zurich, Submitted to Transportation Research: Part C.
Case study 2: Dynamic demand simulations
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Work in progress ...
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Spatial constraints
Operational constraints
Intermodality
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New projects: Externalities & mobility pricing
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Joe Molloy, IVT, ETH Zurich
Thanks!
Questions?
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Contact: sebastian.hoerl@ivt.baug.ethz.ch
Simulating autonomous vehicles: Costs, surveys and simulation with MATSim
By Sebastian Hörl
Simulating autonomous vehicles: Costs, surveys and simulation with MATSim
IEA Transport Workshop, 14 June 2018
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