TRAFFIC SIMULATION BY DIGITAL COMPUTER

THIS IS THE SECOND ARTICLE IN A SERIES OF FOUR ON RESEARCH INTO AREA CONTROL OF URBAN TRAFFIC. IT DESCRIBES THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER STIMULATION TO TRAFFIC THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. A BUSY TRAFFIC PICTURE INVOLVES THREE SETS OF VARIABLES: THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE ROAD STRUCTURE, THE DECISIONS THAT DRIVERS MAKE ON THE BASIS OF THE ROAD SITUATION, AND THE ACTUAL MOVEMENTS OF THE VEHICLES. THESE CONNECT TOGETHER INTO A CIRCLE OF INTERACTION THROUGH LINKS THAT DESCRIBE FIXED RELATIONSHIPS. THIS PAPER APPLIES THIS CONCEPT TO BUILD UP A DETAILED PICTURE OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON A SMALL NETWORK OF LONDON STREETS. THE STIMULATION WAS DESIGNED, AS A MEANS OF STUDYING POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL PHASING, LINKING OF SIGNALS, AND CURB-SIDE STOPPING ON VARYING TRAFFIC FLOATS. THE COMPUTER PROGRAM AND THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS APPROACH ARE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. /BPR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 10, pp 21-23, 27
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• Authors:
  • Beilby, M H
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Decision making; Digital computers; Drivers; Location; Motion; Position fixing; Traffic control; Traffic signals; Traffic simulation; Urban areas; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Decisions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227195
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM