TITLE:
Modeling and Evaluation of the Impact of Motorcycles Mobility on Vehicular Traffic
AUTHORS:
Adel Izadi, Ashkan Gholamhosseinian, Jochen Seitz
KEYWORDS:
Traffic Simulation, SUMO, Motorcycle Mobility
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Transportation Technologies,
Vol.11 No.3,
July
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: Traffic
simulation can help to evaluate the impact of different mobility behaviors on
the traffic flow from safety, efficiency, and environmental views. The
objective of this paper is to extend the SUMO (Simulation of Urban Mobility)
road traffic simulator to model and evaluate the impact of motorcycles mobility
on vehicular traffic. First, we go through diverse mobility aspects and models
for motorcycles in SUMO. Later, we opt for the most suitable mobility models of
motorcycles. Finally, the impact of motorcycle mobility on different kinds of
vehicles is investigated in terms of environment, fuel consumption, velocity
and travel time. The result of modeling and evaluation shows that based on the
mobility model of the motorcycle, vehicular traffic flow can be enhanced or
deteriorated.