Statewide mesoscopic simulation for Wyoming.

Boyles, Stephen D.

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Statewide mesoscopic simulation for Wyoming.

2013-10-01
By Boyles, Stephen D.

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Boyles, Stephen D.
Corporate Creators:

University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-WY-13/05F
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Wyoming
Corporate Publisher:

Wyoming. Department of Transportation
Abstract:

This study developed a mesoscopic simulator which is capable of representing both city-level and statewide roadway ; networks. The key feature of such models are the integration of (i) a traffic flow model which is efficient enough to ; scale to large regions, while realistic enough to represent traffic dynamics, including queue growth and dissipation ; and intersection control; and (ii) a user behavior model in which drivers choose routes based on minimizing travel ; times. Integrating these models is nontrivial, because route choices depend on route travel times, but route travel ; times are determined from route choices through the traffic flow model. An iterative approach is used to seek a ; consistent solution to this problem, using the cell transmission model as the traffic flow model. ; These features have been implemented in a software program, for which source code and tutorials have been ; provided as appendices to this report. Additional modules are provided for generating graphical views of networks, ; performing warrant analysis based on MUTCD procedures (either to assist with network creation, or as a postprocessing ; step), and a spreadsheet interface to the program itself. Ready-to-use networks have been provided ; representing the city of Casper and the state of Wyoming.
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RS06(210)
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27319/dot_27319_DS1.pdf
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US Transportation Collection
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