Incorporating Adverse Weather Impacts in Dynamic Traffic Simulation-Assignment Models: Methodology and Application

Dynamic Traffic Simulation-Assignment models are gaining wider acceptance and use to support transportation network planning and traffic operations decision-making. Significant improvements in traffic estimation capabilities and overall utilities of these systems for traffic management can be achieved by upgrading or adjusting them to account for the impacts of weather. This paper summarizes the results of a study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program to develop weather-sensitive dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) models, which addresses both supply and demand aspects of the response to adverse weather, including user responses to various weather-specific interventions such as advisory information and control actions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Dong, Jing
  • Mahmassani, Hani S
  • Alfelor, Roemer
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
• Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p
• Monograph Title: TRB 89th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Dynamic traffic assignment; Highway operations; Highway traffic control; Traffic estimation; Traffic simulation; Travel surveys; Weather conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01155468
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10-3708
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 26 2010 7:14AM