eprintid: 10084531
rev_number: 16
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datestamp: 2019-10-29 11:25:27
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type: article
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creators_name: Patella, SM
creators_name: Aletta, F
creators_name: Mannini, L
title: Assessing the impact of Autonomous Vehicles on urban noise pollution
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
note: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
abstract: This paper presents the results of a noise emission study of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and their impact
on the road network. By comparing the current situation
with a future hypothetical scenario (100% AVs penetration), this study highlights the positive effect, in terms of
noise pollution, of the adoption of AVs on a real road network (city of Rome). For this scope, a traffic simulationbased approach was used to investigate the effects of AVs
on the network congestion. Results show that the full AVs
penetration scenario leads to an improvement in the network performances in terms of travel time and average
network speed. Moreover, the amount of Vehicle Kilometre Travelled (VKT) shows an 8% increase on longer extraurban routes, due to the higher capacity impact of AVs
on highways, with a consequent load reduction for intraurban shortcutting routes. These results are also reflected
in terms of noise emission. In fact, the central area would
benefit from lower noise emission, whereas an increase in
traffic volume and speed lead to worsened conditions for
some specific highway links of the network. Overall, it was
shown that a 100% AVs fleet would have a beneficial effect for the noise pollution, leading to a general reduction
of noise emissions, which is more pronounced for intraurban roads.
date: 2019-09-18
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2019-0006
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1711798
doi: 10.1515/noise-2019-0006
lyricists_name: Aletta, Francesco
lyricists_id: FALET55
actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian
actors_id: DKALI47
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Noise Mapping
volume: 6
number: 1
pagerange: 72-82
issn: 2084-879X
citation:        Patella, SM;    Aletta, F;    Mannini, L;      (2019)    Assessing the impact of Autonomous Vehicles on urban noise pollution.                   Noise Mapping , 6  (1)   pp. 72-82.    10.1515/noise-2019-0006 <https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2019-0006>.       Green open access   
 
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