Análisis, caracterización y simulación del transporte de vehículos de carga pesada (caso de estudio: Quito)

Abstract

This thesis presents the detailed process to characterize and simulate heavy vehicle traffic in Quito city, using the Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO). SUMO is a tool that allows the study, organization and planning of resources to meet the demand for mobility. The characterization process starts by obtaining information from real and georeferenced maps, these maps can be downloaded from the Open Street Map (OSM) server, eventually the use of the optimization tool Java Open Street Map (JOSM) is required, and then to perform its characterization by the use of netconver (SUMO) command. This thesis also presents the characterization of the different types of heavy vehicles that are required to simulate and the characterization of traffic lights and their corresponding time. As part of the tests, different vehicular routes were established in this project, the trips that use the defined routes as the main accesses to the Metropolitan District of Quito are specified. Once the routes are identified, it is shown how to generate vehicular traffic to visualize the same simulation with different vehicular density scenarios. Finally, the results obtained from the reports generated by the simulator are presented, where is possible to verify the average times of travel Quito - Santo Domingo, Quito - Los Bancos and Quito - Ibarra and a comparison of the same routes with Google Maps scenarios.