DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY TO INTERFACE UTPS AND TRAF

The Urban Transportation Planning System (UTPS) and the Traffic Simulation (TRAF) are popular software tools used to perform transportation planning and traffic simulation respectively. While the goals of a planner and an engineer are different, information used by them are interrelated, though in different form and data formats. The differences in the representation of the transportation system by planners and engineers prohibit them from sharing information for the same area being studied. Currently, this not only requires duplicate effort to collect data for each system, but it also creates difficulties in integrating planning activities and traffic strategy analyses for the study area. Thus, the main objective of the research is to develop a methodology to convert the planning information into a form that can be utilized by the engineer for traffic simulation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Raghunathan, R
  • Lieu, H
• Conference:
  • 65th ITE Annual Meeting. 1995 Compendium of Technical Papers
  • Location: Denver, CO
  • Date: 1995-8-5 to 1995-8-8
• Publication Date: 1995-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 58-62

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway planning; Methodology; Traffic; Traffic engineering; Traffic simulation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00711455
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1995 12:00AM