STRIDE I-5 Project Materials

This folder contains  products developed from STRIDE I-5 project.

This project builds on a previously funded STRIDE project (D4) where a simulation extension was built using the micro simulator VISSIM to accurately represent vehicle autonomy and connectivity, and their operational and environmental effects.

In this project, the research team expanded the functionality of the simulation extension to:

i.              Model human driven vehicles in the presence of AVs. An aggressive merging behavior model was implemented in VISSIM to study potential queue-jumping behavior at a freeway on-ramp. The research team also considered implementing this model in the open-source simulator SUMO.

ii.             Consider advanced vehicle dynamics and enable users to customize driver, vehicle, operating environment, and operating mode separately.

iii.            Incorporate a real-time optimization tool (RIO) previously developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). RIO jointly optimizes vehicle trajectories and signal control by taking advantage of CAV technologies.

In this project, the research team conducted the following educational activities:

i.              Developed and conducted a nation-wide survey to understand the needs of the CAV education.

ii.             Developed six instructional modules for CAV education.

iii.            Developed a training module to model CAVs in microsimulation environment.

The products developed from this project are:

i.              An enhanced simulation extension that can be used as a “plug and play” solution to model CAVs and human driven vehicles in presence of CAVs with options to consider advanced vehicle dynamics and incorporate signal/trajectory optimization.

ii.             Educational modules on how CAVs impact planning, design, modeling, and analysis of transportation facilities along with a training module to model CAVs using VISSIM