Vehicle Type Parameter Defaults

This page describes the vehicle parameter defaults depending on the vehicle class. If no values are given the values for passenger are used. It uses as default always the values in the first line for each vehicle class. The other values (in the subsections) are just an information (to be used with own vehicle types).

Note

The correct setting may be dependent on the car-following model in use. This is especially true for accel and decel which usually do not denote the maximum values achievable by the vehicle but rather the convenient values. If you use a different model than Krauss you should probably revisit the values.

Please note that personCapacity and mass do usually not include a driver in the tables below. (So a bicycle has a capacity of 1 and this does not mean the children's seat but the driver; and a mass of 10kg obviously does not include the driver.) The only exception here is the default passenger car which has a capacity of 4 while the average car out there has probably rather 5 places. But using all 5 places is probably rather exceptional so the historic default has been kept and it is maybe the better value for taxi scenarios as well. Please also note that the mass in the handbook of a private car usually includes the average driver's weight.

Whether the exclusion is correct or not also depends on the way you set up the simulation. If persons are modelled explicitly it is right, if not, you probably do not care about personCapacity and variable mass anyway, but if you do please revisit your vType settings.

Pedestrians and Two-Wheelers#

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian 0.215m(1)
0.478m(1)
1.719m(1)
70kg 0.25m 1.5m/s2(23) 2m/s2(23) 5m/s2 37.58km/h(41) 5km/h(23) 0 zero 0.1
bicycle bicycle bicycle 1.6m(17)
0.65m(17)
1.7m(*)
10kg 0.5m 1.2m/s2(19) 3m/s2(19) 7m/s2 50km/h 20km/h(19) 1 zero 0.1
moped Moped moped 2.1m(17)
0.8m(17)
1.7m(*)
80kg 2.5m 1.1m/s2(25) 7m/s2(26) 10m/s2 45km/h(24) - 2 LDV_G_EU6 0.1
motorcycle Motorcycle motorcycle 2.2m(28)
0.9m(28)
1.5m(28)
200kg 2.5m 6m/s2(19) 10m/s2(27) 10m/s2 200km/h(28) - 2 LDV_G_EU6 0.1
vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
bicycle eScooter scooter 1.1m(*)
0.4m(*)
1.2m(*)
14kg(*) 1.5m(39) 2m/s2(39) 4m/s2(39) 7m/s(*) 20 km/h(39) 20 km/h 1(*) zero 0.1

Passenger Cars and Light Delivery#

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
passenger Passenger Car passenger 5(29)
1.8m(29)
1.5m(29)
1500kg 2.5m 2.6m/s2(29) 4.5m/s2(27) 9m/s2 200km/h(29) - 4 PC_G_EU4 0.1
taxi taxi 5(29)
1.8m(29)
1.5m(29)
1500kg 2.5m 2.6m/s2(29) 4.5m/s2(27) 9m/s2 200km/h(29) - 4 PC_G_EU4 0.05
evehicle evehicle 5(29)
1.8m(29)
1.5m(29)
1500kg 2.5m 2.6m/s2(29) 4.5m/s2(27) 9m/s2 200km/h(29) - 4 zero 0.1
emergency Emergency delivery 6.5m(37)
2.16m(37)
2.86m(37)
5000kg 2.5m 2.6m/s2(29) 4.5m/s2(27) 9m/s2 200km/h(29) - 3 LDV 0
delivery Delivery delivery 6.5m(37)
2.16m(37)
2.86m(37)
5000kg 2.5m 2.6m/s2(29) 4.5m/s2(27) 9m/s2 200km/h(29) - 3 LDV 0.05

The evehicle has been added in a time when electric vehicles still seemed futuristic and is kept for backward compatibility. The intended use is for any kind of new vehicle concept which should be visually distinguishable and is of unknown emission status (hence zero emissions).

All passenger cars share the defaults listed above, the values below are just ideas what alternatives might be appropriate for different models:

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
person
Capacity
passenger Sedan passenger/sedan 5
passenger Hatchback passenger/hatchback 5
passenger Passenger Wagon passenger/wagon 5
passenger Passenger Van passenger/van 4.7m(16)
1.9m(16)
1.73m(16)
6

Trucks and Busses#

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
truck Truck truck 7.1m(30)
2.4m(30)
2.4m(30)
12000kg 2.5m 1.3m/s2(31) 4m/s2(27) 7m/s2 130km/h(35) - 3 HDV 0.05
trailer Trailer truck/trailer 16.5m(13)
2.55m(13)
4m(13)
15000kg 2.5m 1m/s2(31) 4m/s2 7m/s2 130km/h(35) - 3 HDV 0.05
bus Citybus bus 12m(3)
2.5m(3)
3.4m(3)
7500kg 2.5m 1.2m/s2(18) 4m/s2(27) 7m/s2 85km/h(3) - 85 Bus 0.1
coach Coach bus/coach 14m(10)
2.6m(10)
4.m(10)
12000kg 2.5m 2.0m/s2(*) see above see above 100km/h(32) - 70(9) Coach 0.05
vClass example guiShape length
width
height
minGap accel person
Capacity
trailer Semitrailer truck/semitrailer 16.5m(14)
max. 2.55m(13)
max. 4m(13)
2.5m 1.1m/s2(31) 3
bus Flexible Bus bus/flexible 17.9m(3)
2.5m(3)
3.0m(3)
2.5m 1.2m/s2(18) ~150

Rail#

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
tram Tram rail/railcar 22m(7)
2.4m(7)
3.2m(7)
37900kg 2.5m 1.0m/s2(18) 3.0m/s2(27) 7m/s2 80km/h(36) - 120(7*) zero 0
rail_urban S-Bahn rail/railcar 3*36.5m(4)
3.0m(4)
3.6m(4)
59000kg 5m 1.0m/s2(4) 3.0m/s2(27) 7m/s2 100km/h(4) - 3*100 zero 0
rail Rail rail 2*67.5m(11)
2.84m(11)
3.75m(11)
79500kg(42) 5m 0.25m/s2(34) 1.3m/s2(33) 5m/s2 160km/h(11) - 434(11) HDV_D_EU0 0
rail_electric rail 8*25m(12)
2.95m(12)
3.89m(12)
83000kg(42) 5m 0.5m/s2(33) 1.3m/s2(33) 5m/s2 220km/h(12) - 425(12) zero 0
rail_fast ICE rail 8*25m(12)
2.95m(12)
3.89m(12)
409000kg 5m 0.5m/s2(33) 1.3m/s2(33) 5m/s2 330km/h(12) - 425(12) zero 0
vClass example guiShape length
width
height
maxSpeed person
Capacity
rail Cargo Rail rail/cargo ~750m (19m + x*16m)(5, 6, 8)
~4.4m(6)
~3.0m(6)
120km/h(5) 1

Ships#

vClass example guiShape length
width
height
mass minGap accel decel emer
gency
Decel
maxSpeed desired
MaxSpeed
person
Capacity
emission
Class
HBEFA3
speed
Dev
ship ship 17m
4m
4m
100000kg 2.5 0.1m/s2 0.15m/s2 1m/s2 4.12 (8 Knots) - 4 HDV_D_EU0 0.1

Footnotes#