Travel mode choice modelling of visually impair people through latent variables

Abstract

The TrafficFluid concept allows vehicles to move in a lane-free environment and enables capacity sharing between two directions without lane restrictions. In this context, Internal Boundary Control (IBC) has recently been introduced by the authors and its application has been investigated using macroscopic models. This paper presents a microscopic simulation-based validation of IBC using SUMO TrafficFluid-Sim, i.e. a simulation tool able to implement lane-free traffic. A Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR), that is a feedback control scheme, is employed for IBC. An extension of the well-known Cell Transmission Model (CTM) is utilized for the design of the controller. Simulation investigations confirm the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.