Traffic Impact Analysis of an Urban Off-hour Delivery Program Using Macroscopic and Mesoscopic Simulation Models

This paper describes the usage of a regional travel demand model and an extracted mesoscopic sub-simulation model in tandem to model and observe the traffic impacts of an off-hour delivery (OHD) program. The study is based on OHD-participation behavioral data for the New York City borough of Manhattan, with traffic impacts measured throughout the New York metropolitan region. Analysis is conducted to determine the effectiveness and impacts of the scenarios modeled; focusing on the changes predicted by the traffic models, with link travel time and speed changes as the key measure of output. The results from both models are compared and analyzed, and a discussion on the usage of these models for this purpose is presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Iyer, Shrisan
  • Ozbay, Kaan
  • Ukkusuri, Satish V
  • Yushimito, Wilfredo Fernando
  • Morgul, Ender Faruk
  • Holguin-Veras, Jose
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
• Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Off peak periods; Simulation; Time periods; Traffic models; Traffic speed; Travel time; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic impact analysis; Urban delivery
• Geographic Terms: Manhattan (New York, New York)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01337729
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3680
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 25 2011 2:44PM