Digital Twins of Work Zones: Integrating Multi-Simulators to Quantify the Impact of Work Zones and Their Features on Traffic Congestion

Digital twins and micro-traffic simulations offers insights into work zone design, traffic control measures, infrastructure planning, vehicle communication, route choice, and emissions modeling. Elevating this integration with human factors analysis allows for realistic evaluation of scenarios that are risky and costly to test in real-world settings. The proposed project intends to develop a virtual ecosystem with diverse agents, including vehicles, pedestrians, workers, and agents with disabilities, ultimately enhancing congestion reduction strategies and advancing simulation-driven planning. Starting with micro-traffic and virtual reality environments, the project will establish metrics for simulators, expand data sources, and develop a flexible framework for integrated digital twins providing transportation planners with powerful tools to analyze and optimize traffic scenarios, particularly in work zones. The insights gained from this research will inform the design of more resilient transportation systems capable of adapting to evolving urban landscapes and mitigating congestion through data-driven strategies and innovative technologies.

• Record URL:
  https://c2smarter.engineering.nyu.edu/digital-twins-of-work-zones-integrating-multisimulators-to-quantify-the-impact-of-work-zones-and-their-features-on-traffic-congestion/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $139858
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201
• Project Managers:

  Pohl, Lizzie

  Chase, Holly

• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201

  New York University Tandon School of Engineering

  6 Metrotech Center
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201
• Principal Investigators:

  Ergan, Semiha

  Ozbay, Kaan

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20251130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Digital twins; Microsimulation; Traffic congestion; Traffic simulation; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01937747
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 21 2024 4:44PM