Transitioning to a driverless city: Evaluating a hybrid system for autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles

Author(s)

Zambom Santana, Eduardo Felipe ^[1] ; Covas, Gustavo ^[1] ; Duarte, Fabio ^{[2, 3]} ; Santi, Paolo ^{[3, 4]} ; Ratti, Carlo ^[3] ; Kon, Fabio ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Comp Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Parana, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil

^[3] MIT, Senseable City Lab, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 - USA

^[4] CNR, Ist Informat & Telemat, Pisa - Italy

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY; v. 107, FEB 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Autonomous vehicles will transform urban mobility. However, before being fully implemented, autonomous vehicles will navigate cities in mixed-traffic roads, negotiating traffic with human-driven vehicles. In this work, we simulate a system of autonomous vehicles co-existing with human-driven vehicles, analyzing the consequences of system design choices. The system consists of a network of arterial roads with exclusive lanes for autonomous vehicles where they can travel in platoons. This paper presents the evaluation of this system in realistic scenarios evaluating the impacts of the system on travel time using mesoscopic traffic simulation. We used real data from the metropolis of Sao Paulo to create the simulation scenarios. The results show that the proposed system would bring reductions to the average travel time of the city commuters and other benefits such as the reduction of the space required to handle all the traffic. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/50937-1 - INCT 2014: on the Internet of the Future
• Grantee: Fabio Kon
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 15/24485-9 - Future internet for smart cities
• Grantee: Fabio Kon
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants