Assessing the Impacts of Superblocks on Traffic Parameters in the Era of Automated Vehicles: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Perspective

Abstract

The operation of emerging technologies like automated vehicles in car-dependent cities still needs to plan because public spaces are crucial. Therefore, this study tried to develop a methodology for making urban mobility sustainable. So, a superblock model is introduced in this study with the inclusion of automated vehicles in a network to create room for public spaces. A superblock concept is the trips generated or attracted from or towards a superblock that can move inside the superblock while the by-pass traffic is restricted. Different scenarios are generated during the transition from manual cars to automated vehicles by defining variable traffic demand and the variable number of superblocks in the network. Hence, the analysis results show that a superblock network is more beneficial for sustainable mobility with automated vehicles than manual cars.