diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/VehicleMovementModel.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/VehicleMovementModel.java
index 0c2aab8cec6e44ab592b7d33b2ab5521894f6f26..d6959eb9eface189ac6c3eedcc30183106caec25 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/VehicleMovementModel.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/VehicleMovementModel.java
@@ -394,4 +394,8 @@ public class VehicleMovementModel implements MovementModel, EventHandler {
 	public static RoadNetwork getRoadNetwork() {
 		return MOVEMENT._extractor.getRoadNetwork();
 	}
+
+	public static String getVehicleType(String pVehicleID) {
+	    return MOVEMENT._controller.getVehicleType(pVehicleID);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/traci/TraciSimulationController.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/traci/TraciSimulationController.java
index fc6f8de8abaa59a6cd85fcb8fe7fb15f1893e096..e8407253dfc885ebe01c929deeb0352864447c24 100755
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/traci/TraciSimulationController.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/traci/TraciSimulationController.java
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ import de.tudresden.sumo.cmd.Lane;
 import de.tudresden.sumo.cmd.Simulation;
 import de.tudresden.sumo.cmd.Vehicle;
 import de.tudresden.sumo.util.SumoCommand;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoBoundingBox;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoGeometry;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoLink;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoLinkList;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoPosition2D;
-import de.tudresden.ws.container.SumoStringList;
+import de.tudresden.ws.container.*;
 import edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.Collections;
 import it.polito.appeal.traci.SumoTraciConnection;
 
@@ -250,6 +245,20 @@ public class TraciSimulationController implements VehicleController, SimulationS
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public String getVehicleType(String pVehicleID) {
+		String vehicleType = "private";
+
+		SumoCommand typeCommand = Vehicle.getTypeID(pVehicleID);
+
+		Object typeObject = requestObject(typeCommand);
+
+		if (typeObject != null) {
+			vehicleType = (String) typeObject;
+		}
+
+		return  vehicleType;
+	}
+
 	private Location requestVehiclePosition(String pVehicleID) {
 		if (_vehiclesOutOfRange.containsKey(pVehicleID)) {
 			if (_vehiclesOutOfRange.get(pVehicleID) < _step) {
diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/xml/XMLSimulationController.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/xml/XMLSimulationController.java
index 8868c91414efbe0978bc6e2cf80f2c295e51f468..c79a5904d8f5a948789a73915f35c5f525431e93 100755
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/xml/XMLSimulationController.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/movement/vehicular/sumo/simulation/controller/xml/XMLSimulationController.java
@@ -205,9 +205,13 @@ public class XMLSimulationController implements VehicleController, SimulationSet
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method is not supported for " + getClass().getSimpleName());
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getVehicleType(String pVehicleID) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public double getVehicleSpeed(String pVehicleID) {
 		return _vehicleDataInformationHandler.getVehiclePositions().get(pVehicleID).getSpeed();
 	}
-
 }