Development of Traffic Simulation Laboratory For Design Planning and Traffic Operations (Phase I)
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Development of Traffic Simulation Laboratory For Design Planning and Traffic Operations (Phase I)
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1996-12
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Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
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The key element in improving traffic operations and performing effective real time management is the ability to assess the
effectiveness of the various alternatives prior to implementation. Simulation methods have long been recognized as the most
effective tool for such an analysis, and various simulators have been developed by different agencies for freeway and arterial
networks. While there have been individual tests of each software by various agencies, no comprehensive effort has been made
to quantify and evaluate the performance of each model. The major difficulty includes the lack of detailed real data and the
time-consuming manual effort to prepare input information for each software. To be sure there is no user-interface developed
to data that can generate input files for different simulators with a common set of data. Recent installation of the state-of-the
art video detection systems in the 1-394 freeway provides a unique opportunity to develop a comprehensive freeway database
that can be used to create various test cases with detailed traffic database that can be used to create various test cases with
detailed traffic information. Further, the 1-494 Integrated Corridor Traffic Management project being conducted by MN/DOT
will be able to provide valuable corridor traffic data which can be used for evaluating freeway/arterial network models. By
evaluating existing traffic simulation models the advantages/disadvantages of each model can be identified. Based on the
evaluation results a comprehensive modeling approach for freeway/arterial networks can be developed. The ultimate goal of
this research is to develop a traffic simulation laboratory where various roadway design/operational alternatives can be
evaluated with traffic simulators under an integrated database-simulation environment. The proposed research, Phase I, will
evaluate existing freeway simulation models with detailed traffic data to be collected using machine-vision an loop detection
systems.
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Michalopoulos, Panos; Sommers, Kevin; Reynhout, Kenneth; Kota, Ramesh; Kwon, Eil. (1996). Development of Traffic Simulation Laboratory For Design Planning and Traffic Operations (Phase I). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/155329.
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