THE USE OF A SIMULATION MODEL IN ASSESSING THE CAPACITY OF A ROAD NETWORK

IMPIEGO DI UN MODELLO DI SIMULAZIONE NELLO STUDIO DI VERIFICA DELLE SEZIONI ADOTTATE IN UNA RETE VIARIA

This article presents a critical examination of a road network, shortly to be constructed in the industrial area developing along the main Augusta-Siracusa road, and attempts to assess the capacity for future traffic of each road in the network. The proposed network is considered in the context of the entire region affected, and future traffic is forecast in terms of the existing transport system of the area and the urban and suburban growth directly or indirectly associated with it. A socio-economic analysis of the province of Siracusa, with special reference to the area of industrial development, is followed by an evaluation of future mobility demands. A mathematical model is developed to simulate the growth of traffic flows along the proposed network. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Societa Autostrade

  Via Antonio Nibby 10
  00161 Rome,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Tesorieri, G
  • Giuffre, O
  • Pilara, R
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 11-20
• Serial:
  • AUTOSTRADE
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Highway capacity; Industrial areas; Industrial buildings; Mathematical models; Networks; Planning; Regional planning; Roads; Simulation; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic forecasting; Transportation; Trip generation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 132: Forecast; 663: Generated traffic; 343: Industrial area; 6473: Mathematical model; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 359: Regional planning; 1053: Road network; 9103: Simulation; 755: Traffic; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145345
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM