SIMPLIFICATION OF TRAFFIC MODELS

Traffic models are often used to determine the future car traffic on city streets, and to use them in the forecasting procedure it is necessary to prepare a matrix for the traffic between all zones in the city. This matrix is usually built up on the results from a home interview of a sample of inhabitants, and such a survey can be the most expensive part of the work. Some authors have recently suggested that the matrix be determined from traffic counts. Abstracts of three such models are given, and their accuracy is compared; comparison is also made with the accuracy of a model based on home interviews. /Author/TRRL/

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bendtsen, P H
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 817-819
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Errors; Forecasting; Gravity models; Households; Interviewing; Mathematical models; Matrices (Mathematics); Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Traffic flow
• ITRD Terms: 6440: Error; 132: Forecast; 690: Gravity model; 6473: Mathematical model; 6494: Matrix; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096733
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM