DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A MACROSCOPIC MODEL FOR RURAL HIGHWAYS

The development of a macroscopic computer simulation model is presented. The simulation model, RURAL1, calculates traffic performance given road supply (geometrics) and demand (traffic) information. The model can analyze four types of subsections: freeway, multilane, two-lane, and passing-lane. To perform the simulation, the roadway must first be divided into subsections; users can specify up to 100 subsections. Subsection boundaries are established on the basis of changes in road geometrics, or traffic demand characteristics, or both. RURAL1 calculates traffic performance measures, such as average speed, travel time, and vehicle delay, on a directional basis for each subsection and summarizes performance results for the entire roadway section. The simulation model was applied to an actual field site where the existing condition was evaluated against two additional cases.

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• Authors:
  • Sananez, Juan C
  • May, Adolf D
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 49-58
• Monograph Title: TRAFFIC CAPACITY AND CHARACTERISTICS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 971
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Average spot speed; Freeways; Geometric design; Multilane highways; Rural highways; Simulation; Traffic delays; Travel time; Two lane highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Macroscale
• Old TRIS Terms: Passes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396836
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037530
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 734
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM