Freeway Incidents: Simulation and Analysis

This report presents an analysis of freeway incidents on the Salt Lake Valley freeway network. Different types of incidents at the most common/difficult locations are analyzed through traffic microsimulation using VISSIM simulation software. The analysis focuses on incident induced freeway delays, but it also looks into other parameters, such as vehicle throughput, travel times and network-wide delays. The goal of this project is to develop a set of incident management strategies that would help TOC operators to make decisions that will optimize their response in terms of time and resulted delay, and minimize users’ cost due to delay on the freeway network.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=711
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  122 South Central Campus Drive
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84112

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Martin, Peter T
  • Chaudhuri, Piyali
  • Tasic, Ivana
  • Zlatkovic, Milan
• Publication Date: 2011-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 169p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeway operations; Incident management; Microsimulation; Traffic simulation
• Geographic Terms: Salt Lake Valley (Utah)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01364046
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 10-229D
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 29 2012 1:04PM