In the Hamburg real-world laboratory (RealLabHH), the mobility of tomorrow is to be tested in the here and now of a metropolis and, based on this, a blueprint for the digital mobility of the future is to be created. The social debate on digital mobility services is at the centre of this in order to provide important insights into which approaches will prove successful in practice.
The eleven sub-projects planned for RealLabHH range from a mobility budget instead of a company car to the creation of a provider-independent mobility platform and solutions for particularly vulnerable road users. Under the consortium leadership of Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HOCHBAHN), the continuous and comprehensive involvement of citizens is planned.
The results of RealLabHH will be presented at the ITS World Congress 2021. Supported by the BMVI, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is hosting the world's largest congress for intelligent transport systems and services (ITS), which will take place from 11 to 15 October 2021.
Project participants: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Continental Automotive GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG, DB FuhrparkService GmbH, DB Systel GmbH, DEKRA Automobil GmbH, EasyMile GmbH, Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme FOKUS, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg - vertreten durch die Behörde für Verkehr und Mobilitätswende, Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH, Hermes Germany GmbH, ioki GmbH, Kreis Stormarn, KVG Stade GmbH & Co. KG, Landkreis Harburg, moovel Group GmbH, SAP AG, S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH, Siemens Mobility GmbH, Sixt GmbH & Co. Autovermietung KG, Stadt Ahrensburg, Süderelbe AG, Swarco Traffic Systems GmbH, Technische Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Hamburg, Technische Universität München, T-Systems International GmbH, Urban Software Institute GmbH, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH
DLR in the RealLabHH
DLR is involved in four sub-projects and is the largest project participant with funding totalling around 4.1 million euros. The core of the project is the development of a combined meso/microscopic simulation, which makes it possible to evaluate and assess the developed service design. With the support of the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, a cockpit solution is planned - a graphical user interface through which selected project participants and users can see which data is set and how this data is used to support the performance of experiments in order to improve the performance of the overall system.
The evaluation and impact model will contribute to the implementation of new technologies and thus to the mobility transition. The approaches developed here will be prepared in a form that will also allow them to be transferred to other cities, regions and projects in the future. With a view to the duration of the individual sub-projects beyond the RealLabHH period, a continuation is being sought.
The sub-projects:
Sub-project 4: Autonomous driving
The aim of the sub-project is the field test and use of shuttle prototypes in the sub-urban area of a metropolis with the aim of evaluating behavioural changes and acceptance of autonomous on-demand operation on the "first and last mile" in public transport. The focus is on the technology required to operate such vehicles safely and comfortably. The area of application is part of the public road network and therefore also includes the transport of manually operated vehicles.
DLR provides on-demand scheduling for the shuttle fleet, as well as a public transport router that combines scheduled public transport with on-demand controlled public transport. In addition, the new aspects "on-demand + driverless vehicles + virtual stops" are being evaluated with regard to user requirements. New tasks also arise in the shuttle operator's control centre. A prototype workplace is being developed here that fulfils the requirements (autonomous vehicles and incident management, no line or cycle connection).
Sub-project 8: Digital St Andrew's cross
The objectives of this sub-project are the design of simulation scenarios and the implementation of these for selected functions of the level crossing field element. Work is being carried out on the design of a hybrid demonstrator that can visualise both the results from real operation and the results from a simulation. This will allow test recommendations to be made to regulatory authorities on the legal basis, which will enable subsequent approval.
The simulation software SUMO (Simulation of Urban Mobility) developed at DLR is used in this sub-project. DLR's expertise is incorporated into the creation of simulations. An architecture for a digital St Andrew's cross is being developed and implemented as a demonstrator. This involves enabling railway crossings with different levels of security to send their location and opening status to road users by radio. The information received is automatically processed by road traffic and made available to the driver. A script is drawn up for the realisation of the demonstration and, if necessary, the planning for public events. The topics are discussed in several workshops with legal experts from DB, Siemens and DLR and a results document is drawn up as a test recommendation.
Sub-project 9: Dialogue strategy
The dialogue strategy is led by DLR and aims to enter into dialogue with the stakeholders who are affected by the project-specific technological innovations that are to be implemented and tested in the mobility sector in the Hamburg real-world laboratory. The dialogue complements the requirements development of the sub-project "Service Design, System Architecture and Simulation" and systematically records the wishes, needs, hopes and obstacles of the stakeholders.
Further elements are the definition and testing of innovative information and participation methods and their effect on the attitudes of relevant stakeholders. The results of the work are a transferable participation and communication concept, a collection of best practice examples and a project report for the public.
Sub-project 10: Service design, system architecture and simulation
The aim of this DLR-led sub-project is to embed technical developments in an ecosystem. With a view to business and economic requirements, the sustainable establishment of innovative mobility services is to be ensured. Taking into account the local boundary conditions and structures, not only demand patterns for central districts of metropolitan regions are to be considered, but also the peripheral areas of metropolises and, as a first step, small and medium-sized cities. The results form the basis for decision-making by local stakeholders for the organisation of long-term operations. The sub-project is thus responsible for orchestrating the solutions developed in the neighbouring projects into an overall system that provides a comprehensive mobility offer and thus leads to a sustainable change in mobility habits towards CO2-neutral mobility. (See video below.)
In this video, we at the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems explain how we analyse and evaluate new technologies using agent-based simulation. We carry this out in the Hamburg real-world laboratory in order to analyse the technologies and methods tested there for their feasibility and impact on future transport and people's lives.
Visualising future traffic - with simulation
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Visualising future traffic - with simulation
In this video, we at the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems explain how we analyse and evaluate new technologies using agent-based simulation. We carry this out in the Hamburg real-world laboratory in order to analyse the technologies and methods tested there for their feasibility and impact on future transport and people's lives.
