DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION LABORATORY FOR EVALUATING RAMP METERING ALGORITHMS

As an efficient traffic control strategy to ameliorate freeway traffic congestion, ramp metering has been successfully applied in the US. However, the applicability and effectiveness of a ramp-metering strategy are required to be investigated during the pre-implementation phase in order to ensure the success of the implementation. The use of traffic simulation models can provide a quick and cost-effective way to test and evaluate a ramp-metering algorithm prior to implementation on the freeway network. In this paper, a micro-simulation laboratory based on a functionality-enhanced PARAMICS simulation model through integrating some complementary ATMIS modules, has been established for the evaluation study of ramp metering control. Three adaptive ramp metering algorithms, including ALINEA, BOTTLENECK and ZONE, have been evaluated in this PARAMICS simulation laboratory over a stretch of freeway I-405, California. Simulation results show that the two coordinated ramp-metering algorithms, i.e. BOTTLENECK and ZONE perform better than the current fixed-time control and ALINEA algorithm under both morning and afternoon scenarios

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2002. Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. Remarks: Paper 02-3427 prepared for presentation at the 81st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. January 2002. Format: CD ROM
• Corporate Authors:

  Jamiat al-Imarat al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah

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  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Department of Civil Engineering, 500 Pillsbury Drive, SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  University of California, Irvine

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
  Irvine, CA  United States  92697

  Purdue University

  Joint Transportation Research Program
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-2051

  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  1005 North Glebe Road
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

  CHICAGO, IL  United States 

  University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  Utah Traffic Laboratory, 122 S Central Campus Drive
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84112

  University of Toronto

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Center
  Toronto, Ontario  Canada 

  University of Hawaii, Manoa

  Department of Civil Engineering, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 383
  Honolulu, HI  United States  96822
• Authors:
  • Chu, Lianyu
  • Liu, Henry X
  • Recker, Wilfred W
  • Zhang, H Michael
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 81st Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington D.C.
  • Date: 2002-1-13 to 2002-1-17
• Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Computer algorithms; Ramp metering; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920333
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Mar 1 2002 12:00AM