Traffic Engineering Studies Using a Driving Simulator - Year 2

The primary objective of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using the University of Central Florida's interactive driving simulator to perform traffic engineering studies. Specifically, several scenarios involving the quality of service at a signalized intersection were investigated. This report describes the scenarios, the experiments conducted, the data collected, and some analysis of results. Findings and conclusions are directed more at the utility and practicality of using the driving simulator as a learning tool in helping to acquire a solid understanding of traffic operations. A follow-up study using the simulator is needed to explore geometric design alternatives and their effect on the quality of service.

• Record URL:
  http://ftp.fdot.gov/file/d/FTP/FDOT%20LTS/CO/research/Completed_Proj/Summary_TE/FDOT_BD548_02_rpt.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Central Florida, Orlando

  Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation
  4000 Central Florida Boulevard, P.O. Box 162450
  Orlando, FL  United States  32816-2450

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Authors:
  • Klee, Harold
  • Radwan, Essam
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Driving simulators; Experiments; Feasibility analysis; Quality of service; Signalized intersections; Traffic engineering
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002025
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: FDOT BD-548-2
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 2005 10:39AM