Diginet Protocol Track

An urban test field in the heart of Berlin for automated and networked driving

3,7 km long

Straße des 17. Juni,
from Ernst-Reuter-Platz
to zum Brandenburger Tor

Brandenburger Tor
Großer Stern mit Siegessäule
Ernst-Reuter Platz

Six-lane

Three lanes in each direction, with road markings

Two multi-lane roundabouts

Ernst-Reuter Platz

The square is located on the major east-west axis of Berlin in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. It is located in the area of Campus Charlottenburg (science location: TU Berlin, University of the Arts, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt etc.) and in the area of City West.

Five roads lead to the large roundabout:

  • Straße des 17. Juni
  • Hardenbergstraße
  • Marchstraße
  • Otto-Suhr-Allee
  • Bismarckstraße

The central island of the roundabout can be reached underground via the underground station. However, most visitors to the middle of the roundabout, which is bypassed by traffic, take the short path across the traffic lanes.

Großer Stern

"Großer Stern" is designed as a large multi-lane spiral roundabout, which is used daily by around 180,000 cars.

Several of the city's major traffic axes meet here:

  • Straße des 17. Juni to the West and East
  • Altonaer Straße to the northwest
  • Spreeweg to the northeast
  • Hofjägerallee to the south

15 Traffic light systems

With common control in different topologies for

  • vehicles
  • bicycles
  • pedestrians

Various parking situations

  • Marked and unmarked
  • parallel, transverse and inclined to the roadway

Complex traffic situations

  • commuter traffic
  • government convoys
  • demonstrations
  • deer pass
  • party mile
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