SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF REGIONAL ROAD NETWORK
A macroscopic Traffic Simulation and Optimization (TSAO) model has been developed for regional highway networks. It was applied to the Maryland Eastern Shore network, where heavy recreational traffic creates severe congestion and long queues at bottlenecks on summer weekends. Fourteen alternatives for improvement, including capacity expansion projects and route diversion, were analyzed. Results show the cost-effectiveness of route diversion as a substitute for new construction on intercity networks where high demand peaks are infrequent. The applicability of the TSAO model to large networks with complex demand patterns and insufficient capacity is also demonstrated.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Hu, Y-C
- Schonfeld, P
- Publication Date: 1984-7
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 431-443
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Serial:
- Journal of Transportation Engineering
- Volume: 110
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0733-947X
- Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Highway capacity; Highway traffic control; Highways; Improvements; Networks; Optimization; Planning; Regional transportation; Roads; Rural highways; Traffic diversion; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation
- Geographic Terms: Maryland
- Old TRIS Terms: Highway systems; Roadnet
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00391741
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM