Title
A bi-level model to optimize road networks for a mixture of manual and automated driving: an evolutionary local search algorithm
Author
Madadi, B.
van Nes, R.
Snelder, M.
van Arem, B.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
This paper presents a bi-level model to optimize automated-vehicle-friendly subnetworks in urban road networks and an efficient algorithm to solve the model, which is relevant for the transition period with vehicles of different automation levels. We formulate the problem as a network design problem, define solution requirements, present an effective solution method that meets those requirements, and compare its performance with two other solution algorithms. Numerical examples for network of Delft are presented to demonstrate the concept and solution algorithm performances. Results indicate that our proposed solution outperforms competing ones in all criteria considered. Furthermore, our findings show that the optimal configuration of these subnetworks depends on the level of demand; lower penetration rates of automated vehicles call for less dense subnetworks, and thereby less investments. Nonetheless, a large proportion of benefits are already achievable with low-density subnetworks. Denser subnetworks can deliver higher benefits with higher penetration rates.
Subject
Roads and streets
Automated vehicles
Automation levels
Local search algorithm
Network design problems
Solution algorithms
Transition period
Urban road networks
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12498
TNO identifier
869848
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, USA
ISSN
1093-9687
Source
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 35 (35), 80-96
Document type
article