Introducing autonomous vehicles will initially increase traffic congestion before dramatically reducing it, according to a new report.
Arthur D. Little has published a real-world simulation analysis that demonstrates that switching to totally autonomous vehicles significantly reduces urban congestion by a factor of 10, but that mixing human and robot drivers together will increase traffic jams by over 16 per cent.
The micro-simulation was based on a major intersection in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, notorious for its evening traffic jams. [Read more…] about Autonomous vehicles will increase traffic congestion before ‘dramatically reducing it’, says report