BENCHMARK STUDY OF THE I-DYNEV EVACUATION TIME ESTIMATE COMPUTER CODE

The report compares observed vehicle movement on a highway network during periods of peak commuter traffic with a simulation of the traffic flow made with an I-DYNEV computer model. The purpose of the comparison is to determine if the model can accurately simulate the patterns of vehicular movement and delay during congested commuter traffic. The results indicate that the I-DYNEV model adequately simulates the patterns of vehicular movement and delay associated with an evacuation, provided that the model's capacity reduction factor is an input parameter.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available from Supt. of Docs.
• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352
• Authors:
  • Urbanik, T
  • Moeller, M P
  • Barnes, K
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Peak hour traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PNL-6171
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM