ROAD TRAFFIC SIMULATION

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS SIMULATION WORK IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC FIELD AND DISCUSSES A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO SIMULATE TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF LINKED TRAFFIC SIGNALS. BY ADJUSTMENT OF THE INPUT PARAMETERS, A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAFFIC SITUATIONS CAN BE STUDIED. THE TIMING OF THE SIGNALS, THE NUMBER OF PHASES AND THE CORRESPONDING TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS, THE VOLUME OF THROUGH TRAFFIC AND OF TRAFFIC TURNING INTO AND OUT OF THE INTERSECTIONS, CAN ALL BE SPECIFIED BY THE USER, AS CAN THE SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR. THE OUTPUT GIVES THE TRAFFIC FLOWS ACHIEVED AND THE DELAYS INCURRED AT EACH STOP-LINE. THE METHOD WAS TESTED BY COMPARISON WITH ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS OF A REAL-LIFE SITUATION, AND IT IS SHOWN HOW THE PROGRAM MAY BE USED TO COMPARE THE MERITS OF VARIOUS SIGNAL TIMINGS, AND TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 3, PP 114-121
• Corporate Authors:

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  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Craft, M J
  • SMITH, J L
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Plessey Communication Journal
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Traffic delays; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals; Traffic simulation; Traffic speed; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227065
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:12PM