Investigating the Impacts of Fixed-Time Ramp Metering through Microsimulation

Ramp metering is an effective strategy used to manage highway traffic by regulating the on-ramp traffic flow in order to avoid traffic congestion on highway networks. This study aims to investigate the impacts of fixed-time ramp metering on operational characteristics of highway networks via microscopic simulation. A fixed-time ramp meter is modeled for a highway section using Aimsun micro simulator and the traffic condition is evaluated under two ramp control scenarios: no-control and time-of-day metering plan. Three metering plans including one-car-per green, 2-vehicle-platoon releasing and 3-vehicle-platoon releasing are developed for peak and off-peak periods. The results show that ramp metering improves the highway performance, especially at peak hour. However, it leads to serious issues for the ramp and consequently for the entire system.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.10.1824
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Investigating+the+Impacts+of+Fixed-Time+Ramp+Metering+through+Microsimulation&author=V.+POORJAFARI&author=W.+YUE&publication_year=2013
• Authors:
  • POORJAFARI, Vahid
  • YUE, Wen Long
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English
• Japanese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Illustrations; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1824-1835
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  • EISSN: 1881-1124
  • Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/easts/-char/en
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic; Microsimulation; Networks; On ramps; Ramp metering; Time intervals; Time periods; Traffic flow
• Identifier Terms: AIMSUN (Computer model)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506748
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
• Created Date: Feb 10 2014 7:42AM