Simulation and Modelling Within the UR:BAN Project

Abstract

The sub-project Simulation (SIM), which lies within the project pillar Human Factors in Traffic, focuses on the analysis and descriptive modelling of the behaviour of individual road users and their interactions with one another. This is done in consideration of newly developed driver assistance systems and intelligent transportation systems. The objective of the sub-project is to improve and extend driving simulators and microscopic traffic simulation in order to simulate and study the resulting behaviour of the road users in a more realistic way. The driver-vehicle-environment system is investigated in detail using many different research environments. At a controlled test site, a number of relevant traffic scenarios are observed with a particular focus on urban traffic and interactions between motor vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists. Interactions between multiple real road users are analysed using connected driving simulators. Microscopic traffic simulation is used to study urban areas with a large number of simulated road users. In this environment, a particular focus is placed on improving the modelling of bicyclists and pedestrians.