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Baseline Microscopic and Macroscopic Models Baseline microscopic and macroscopic models Version: 0.3 Subtitle title goes here Date: 2018-10-30 Editor: Chengxi Liu and Johan Olstam The sole responsibility for the content of this document lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EASME nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723201 Document Control Page Title Baseline microscopic and macroscopic models Creator Johan Olstam Editor Chengxi Liu & Johan Olstam Brief Description Reviewers Bernard Gyergyay Chengxi Liu, Johan Olstam, Fredrik Johansson, Mikael Ivari, Johan Jerling, Nina Galligani Vardheim, Frank van den Bosch, Brian Contributors Matthews, Ammar Anvar, John Miles, Gisa Gaietto, Markus Friedrich, Jörg Sonnleitner Type (Deliverable/Milestone) Deliverable Format Creation date 2018-10-03 Version number 0.3 Version date 2018-10-30 Last modified by Chengxi Liu Rights Audience Internal Public Restricted, access granted to: EU Commission Action requested To be revised by Partners involved in the preparation of the Deliverable For approval of the WP Manager For approval of the Internal Reviewer (if required) For approval of the Project Co-ordinator Deadline for approval Version Date Modified by Comments 0.1 2018-10-03 Johan Olstam Document creation and outline This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 h2020-coexist.eu Page 2 of 140 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723201 0.2 2018-10-27 Chengxi Liu First draft version 0.3 Implementing all the inputs from 2018-10-30 Chengxi Liu respective partners This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 h2020-coexist.eu Page 3 of 140 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723201 Table of contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................. 10 1.1 Aim ...............................................................................................................10 1.2 Report structure ............................................................................................10 2 Development process .............................................................. 12 3 Summary of baseline models .................................................. 12 3.1 Gothenburg, Sweden ....................................................................................13 3.1.1 Use case 1: Shared space (microscopic modelling) ......................................... 13 3.1.2 Use case 2: Accessibility during long-term construction works (macroscopic modelling) 13 3.2 Helmond, Netherlands ..................................................................................14 3.2.1 Use case 3: Signalised intersection including pedestrians and cyclists and use case 4: Transition from interurban highway to arterial (microscopic modelling) ........................ 14 3.3 Milton Keynes, UK ........................................................................................15 3.3.1 Use case 5: Waiting and drop-off areas for passengers (microscopic modelling)15 3.3.2 Use case 6: Priority Junction (roundabouts) Operation (microscopic modelling)15 3.4 Stuttgart, Germany .......................................................................................16 3.4.1 Use case 7: Impacts of CAV on travel time and mode choice on a network level and Use case 8: Impact of driverless car- and ridesharing services (macroscopic modelling) ............ 16 4 Conclusions and lessons learnt ............................................. 17 5 Partners .................................................................................... 19 Appendix A Use case 1: Shared space ........................................ 20 Appendix B Use case 2: Accessibility during long-term construction works 38 1 Introduction and background ................................................. 41 1.1 Study area characteristics ............................................................................41 1.2 Questions to be investigated by applying the modelling approach ...............44 2 Scope and modelling approach .............................................. 44 2.1 Type of model ...............................................................................................44 2.2 The area and the level of detail of the model for base scenario ...................44 2.3 Included and excluded in the model of base scenario ..................................45 3 The network .............................................................................. 45 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 h2020-coexist.eu Page 4 of 140 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723201 3.1 Detailed description of the network and how it is modelled ..........................45 3.2 Description of the data utilized for the network .............................................47 4 The traffic.................................................................................. 47 4.1 Detailed description of the traffic and its implementation in the model .........47 4.2 Description of the data utilized ......................................................................50 5 Verification ............................................................................... 50 5.1 Verification process ......................................................................................50 5.2 Verification results ........................................................................................52 6 Calibration ................................................................................ 53 6.1 Description of the calibration process ...........................................................54 6.2 Description of calibration result .....................................................................55 7 Validation .................................................................................. 56 7.1 Description of the validation process ............................................................56 7.2 Description of validation result ......................................................................56 8 Results and conclusions ......................................................... 58 8.1 Conclusions of the verification-calibration-validation process .......................58 8.2 Handling of model uncertainty and/or limitation ............................................59 9 Reference.................................................................................. 59 Appendix C Use case 3: Signalised intersection including pedestrians and cyclists; and Use case 4: Transition from interurban highway to arterial 61 1 Introduction and background ................................................. 64 1.1 Study area characteristics ............................................................................64 1.2 Questions to be investigated by applying the modelling approach ...............66 2 Scope and modelling approach .............................................. 67 2.1 Type of model ...............................................................................................67 2.2 The area and the level of detail of the model for base scenario ...................68 2.3 Included and excluded in the model of base scenario ..................................69 3 The network .............................................................................. 70 3.1 Detailed description of the network and how it is modelled ..........................70 3.2 Description of the data utilized for the network .............................................71 4 The traffic.................................................................................. 72 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 h2020-coexist.eu Page 5 of 140 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 723201 4.1 Detailed description of the traffic and its implementation in the model .........72 4.2 Including description of the data utilized .......................................................72 5 Verification ............................................................................... 74 5.1 Verification process ......................................................................................74 5.2 Verification results ........................................................................................75 6 Calibration ................................................................................ 76 6.1 Description of the calibration process ...........................................................76 6.2 Description of calibration result .....................................................................76 7 Validation .................................................................................. 77 7.1 Description of the validation process ............................................................77 7.2 Description of validation result ......................................................................78 8 Results and conclusions ......................................................... 78 8.1 Conclusions of the verification-calibration-validation process .......................78 8.2 Handling of model uncertainty and/or limitation ............................................78 9 Reference.................................................................................
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