Microscopic simulation of automated and connected vehicles in the Test Field Hamburg

Kurzfassung

What effect does the automation of road traffic have on traffic and the environment? To answer this question, a microscopic simulation (SUMO - Simulation of Urban Mobility) was used to model the test bed for automated and connected driving in Hamburg, which was then used as the basis for examining two scenarios. In the first scenario, the traffic was replaced by automated and connected vehicles. For the second scenario, the model infrastructure was upgraded to provide the GLOSA service to connected vehicles at selected intersections, which is intended to optimize the approach of vehicles to a traffic light. This paper presents how travel time, time loss, and average speed, as well as CO2 and PMx emissions change when traffic demand is replaced by automated and connected vehicles. In the second scenario, we examined how the waiting time and CO2 and PMx emissions change as a result of the GLOSA service.