Research Article

Simulation Study of Autonomous Vehicles’ Effect on Traffic Flow Characteristics including Autonomous Buses

Table 4

Fundamental parameters of model.

Size of each vehicle
1 cell = 5 m
AC = 1 cellMC = 1 cellAB = 2 cellsMB = 2 cells

Minimum safe distance for each vehicle
AC = 1 cellMC = 2 cellsAB = 1 cellMB = 3 cells

Lane change
AC front and back = 2 cellsMC front and back = 3 cellsAB front and back = 2 cellsMB front and back = 4 cells