• Guidance on Considering CAVs in Travel Demand Models

    NCDOT Research Project Number: 2023-11

 Executive Summary

  • By the year 2045 or 2050 Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to significantly disrupt travel demand across North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is currently planning the infrastructure that will serve our travels needs in 2045 and beyond. There is an urgent need for NCDOT to better understand the potential effects of CAVs on travel demand and traffic forecasts, as a failure to do so could lead to big implications for NCDOT and the citizens of North Carolina.

    This research will provide guidance to NCDOT on possible modification of parameters and assumptions within the Regional Travel Demand Model (RTDM) Development Guidelines, including possible modifications to the standardized procedures related to CAVs. This guidance will be informed by scenario testing that will consider different levels of CAV penetration, various impacts on travel demand parameters (including changes in land use), and various impacts on supply parameters. This research will also provide guidance on the consideration of CAVs in the more advanced model structures found in the Triangle, Triad and Greater Charlotte regions, and areas not covered by the RTDM Development Guidelines.   ​

  
Leta F. Huntsinger
Researchers
  
Leta F. Huntsinger; Nita Bhave; M. Shoaib Samandar; Ali Hajbabaie
  
Joseph E. Hummer
  
Curtis T. Bradley
  
NC State University - ITRE
  
NC State University

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 Report Period

  • August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2024

 Status

  • In Progress

 Category

  • Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal

 Sub Category

  • Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting

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