URBAN INTERSECTION STUDY, VOLUME II: A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR AT INTERSECTIONS

TRAFFIC APPROACHING, PASSING THROUGH, AND LEAVING A FOUR-WAY CONTROLLED INTERSECTION WAS SIMULATED. DRIVER, VEHICLE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH EMPHASIS ON THE DRIVER. THE SIMULATION INCLUDED ALL VEHICLES WITHIN SOME PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE INTERSECTION. VEHICLES ARRIVED ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED DISTRIBUTION (ANY ARRIVAL DISTRIBUTION CAN BE SIMULATED), AND EACH DRIVER WAS REPRESENTED BY A SET OF PERCEPTUAL, DECISION-MAKING, AND RESPONSE PROCESSES. WHERE POSSIBLE, EXPERIMENTAL DATA WERE USED FOR DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS. ASSUMPTIONS WERE USED WHEN EXPERIMENTAL DATA WERE UNAVAILABLE. DRIVER AND VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE VARIED TO SIMUALTE ANY DISTRIBUTION. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • Anderson, T E
  • KIDD, E A
  • Laughery, K R
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Decision making; Drivers; Four leg intersections; Human characteristics; Information processing; Intersections; Mathematical models; Traffic control; Traffic simulation; Urban areas; Vehicle characteristics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Four way intersections
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227239
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Cal Rept No Vj-2120-v-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM