Traffic scenario

Current consensus

Traffic scenario is a representation of the traffic and road infrastructure characteristics on a given segment.

Explanation

Traffic scenario describes a larger traffic context than driving scenario by covering a longer period of time and longer road sections with certain traffic characteristics. One traffic scenario may include different (not predefined) driving scenarios.Traffic scenario includes both road characteristics (e.g., number of lanes, motorway, speed limit) and traffic characteristics (e.g., traffic volume, % of heavy vehicles). An example: a 3-lane motorway section of length 10 km with 2 motorway entrances and exits, a speed limit of 130 km-h, traffic volume of 4000 vehicles-h-direction, 10% of heavy vehicles and a time period of 1 hour.