Modeling Bus Traffic for the Berlin SUMO Traffic Scenario

This 19-minute conference talk from the Eclipse Foundation explores the integration of bus traffic into the Berlin SUMO Traffic scenario (BeST), addressing a critical component of large-scale digital twins for urban transport systems. Learn how microscopic traffic simulations provide the necessary detail for sophisticated Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) and overcome challenges in modeling city-scale traffic due to data limitations and computational complexity. The presentation covers potential data sources, detailed methodology for bus traffic integration, and evaluates how the added traffic volume affects the stability of a scenario previously calibrated only for private vehicles. Presented by Moritz Schweppenhäuser, with contributions from co-authors Timo Großmann, Karl Schrab, Robert Protzmann and Ilja Radusch, this talk contributes to the limited collection of existing city-scale traffic scenarios that include public transport modalities.