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.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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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 North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND United States 58108Research 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