Modelling major traffic incident impacts and estimation of their associated costs

Network area-wide impacts due to major traffic incidents can be assessed using a microsimulation approach. A VISSIM microsimulation model for a motorway network has been developed and is used to quantify impacts of a major incident in terms of associated costs. The modeled results reveal that a 65% capacity reduction results in 36% more incident-induced delay when compared with the application of a 50% capacity reduction assumption for a two-hour incident clearance duration that blocked one lane of a two-lane motorway. Additionally, an incident which caused a full blockage incurred 40 times more associated impact costs when compared with a major incident which caused a one lane blockage. A 23% cost saving can be achieved by clearing one lane of a fully blocked two-hour major traffic incident after 90 minutes, while a 37% cost saving can be achieved by clearing all blockages after 90 minutes.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2014.897130
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1767712
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis
• Authors:
  • bin Kabit, Mohamad Raduan
  • Charles, Phil
  • Ferreira, Luis
  • Kim, Inhi
• Publication Date: 2014-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 373-390
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Highway capacity; Lane closure; Microsimulation; Traffic delays; Traffic incidents
• Identifier Terms: VISSIM (Computer model)
• Geographic Terms: Brisbane (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01525965
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 2014 3:22PM