Simplified web-based decision support method for traffic management and work zone analysis.

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• Creators:
  Zhou, Xuesong ; Zlatkovic, Milan ; Farhan, Muhammad
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Utah. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Decision support systems
  • Work zone traffic control
  • Work zones
  • Traffic congestion
  • Dynamic traffic assignment
  • Traffic simulation
  • Web applications
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UT -15.09
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Utah
• Corporate Publisher:
  Utah. Dept. of Transportation. Research Division
• Abstract:
  Traffic congestion mitigation is one of the key challenges that transportation planners and operations engineers face when ; planning for construction and maintenance activities. There is a wide variety of approaches and methods that address work ; zone impacts, starting with simple equations, over spreadsheets and deterministic methods, to high-level computer simulation ; software. Some of the widely used tools include CA4PRS, QuickZone, and VISUM. However, every model has its own ; limitations and assumptions that are dictated by the applied computational technique. These analysis tools may not fully ; capture the dynamic nature of drivers‟ responses to traffic management techniques and significant changes in the ; transportation network. In this case, performing analyses with a Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) engine, or a similar ; traffic estimation method, may meet this need while providing additional analysis details (e.g. network, path, OD, and link ; analyses) for local engineers to justify their decisions/actions. At the same time, technical expertise, data management, and ; software licensing often become significant barriers for incorporating this type of analysis into every-day operations. This ; research presents a DTA based tool that is designed to overcome the existing limitations in work zone simulation and analysis.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  13-8384
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29713/dot_29713_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.15 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c92529ed2c4c3480c91ab94341d5a7e378b9ec2a17b35dce96f6648428f10e4c83b087d11ac6c68a198b8eab74d93dc94855b5470ae2799927566dda6fef61ea