Our urban environment

Our urban environment comprises intersections, straights, parking areas, pedestrian walkways and crossings as well as a multi-functional area.

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Our urban environment allows generating almost every traffic situation that exists in cities. This covers intersections with traffic lights, roundabouts, parking areas, pedestrian crossings, bus stops and much more. The track sections are designed to be very variable and can thus be adopted easily to the user needs. Artificial buildings made of concrete block elements or wood are one example, variable road markings are another example. As all parts of Aldenhoven Testing Center, the urban environment “CERMcity” is connected with a high bandwidth backbone. Thanks to the 5G Mobility Lfrom of Vodafone, latest cellular standards are available as well as different WiFis and traffic lights which communicate according to the V2X standard.

The urban environment has been built by RWTH Aachen University with funding by the Federal Ministry fur Education and Research. It is now operated by Aldenhoven Testing Center and fully integrated into the well-established operations. Please approach us any time, allowing us to support your test planning.

The new city environment is bookable in different packages with the intersections/straights.
The booking options are shown below.

Urban Area 1 from 150.–

Parameter

Intersections	K1
Surface	Asphalt
Maximum length of approach [m]	170
Width in intersection area [m²]	17 x 17
Distance of connection points [m] (network and power)	15
Lane setup	variable, up to 5
Artificial buildings	variable, built of concrete
Traffic lights	yes, V2X

Straights	G1
Length [m]	210
Width [m]	7 – 17

Urban Area 2 from 150.–

Parameter

Intersections	K2	K3
Surface	Asphalt	Asphalt
Maximum length of approach [m]	190	50
Width in intersection area [m²]	17 x 8 x 7	8 x 7
Distance of connection points [m] (network and power)	15	20
Lane setup	variable, up to 3	variable, up to 3
Artificial buildings	variable, built of concrete or wood	none
Traffic lights	yes, V2X	yes, V2X
Euro NCAP Protocol	AEB VRU Version 3.0.2, July 2019 CCFTap Version 3.0.1, February 2019

Straights	G2	G3
Length [m]	260	130
Width [m]	7 – 8	8

Urban Area 3 from 100.–

Parameter

Surface	Asphalt
Length x Width [m²]	50 x 65
Cross slope [%]	0
Longitudinal slope [%]	1 (SE to NW)
Markings	variable, according to customer requirements

Urban Area 4 from 100,–

Parameter

Surface	Asphalt
Length x Width [m²]	50 x 65
Cross slope [%]	0
Longitudinal slope [%]	1 (SE to NW)
Markings	variable, according to customer requirements
Euro NCAP Protocol	AEB VRU Version 3.0.2, July 2019 CCFTap Version 3.0.1, February 2019