An integrated simulation environment for
Autonomous Mobility on Demand in Zurich
Sebastian Hörl
STRC 2018
Ascona, 15 May 2018
Three components
- Cost calculator
- Model choice model
- Simulation (MATSim)
- Scenario
- New components, integration
Cost Calculator
- Fleets of autonomous vehicles
- Private autonomous vehicles
- Comparison with conventional vehicles
Cost Calculator
Cost Calculator
0.67 CHF
per passenger kilometer
Mode Choice Model
- Stated preference survey
- 400 respondents
- 400 respondents
- Attitudes towards different AV services
- Shared AV
- Pooled AV
- AV feed for public transport
- Work done by Felix Becker
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
New mode choice
Endogenous costs
Simulation of AVs
Mostly new
Simulation of AVs
- AV taxi services
- Simple dispatching heuristic
(Bischoff & Maciejewski)
- Multiple operators
- Dynamic demand responses
Idle
Pickup
Drive
Dropoff
Drive
Case study: dispatching strategies
- Maximum demand case
- Freeflow conditions
- Four dispatching strategies
- Load-balancing heuristic
- Global Eucledian Bipartite Matching
- Feedforward Fluidic Rebalancing
- daptive Uniform Rebalancing
Case study: dispatching strategies
Case study: dispatching strategies
Case study: dispatching strategies
Case study: dispatching strategies
New mode choice in MATSim
Discrete mode choice model
Network simulation
Estimation
New mode choice in MATSim
Discrete mode choice model
Network simulation
Estimation
Cost Calculator
Dynamic demand simulations
Work in progress ...
- Scenario analysis
- Changes in accessibility
- Induced Demand
- Effects on public transit ridership
- Missing elements
Spatial constraints
Operational constraints
Intermodality
Thanks!
Questions?
An integrated simulation environment for Autonomous Mobility on Demand in Zurich
By Sebastian Hörl
An integrated simulation environment for Autonomous Mobility on Demand in Zurich
Swiss Transport Research Conference 2018, 16 May 2018
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