The Influence on the Traffic Network by Altruistic Route Choice Behavior of Autonomous Vehicle

Abstract

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and connectivity technologies have been on the rise these days. On April 1st, 2023, LEVEL4 AV has been legalized to drive on public road in Japan. AV has a lot of features to contribute to solving social problems such as social welfare for vulnerable road users, lack of labor force, and alleviation of traffic jams, etc. In this study, the mixed-Autonomy condition: an environment that both AV and Human-Driven Vehicles run around the network, is in focus. Altruism in the route choice process is implemented on the microscopic traffic simulator, and the influence of CAV on the traffic network has been evaluated.