Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation

The current Malaysian procedure for a detailed evaluation of the capacity and effects of various road and traffic characteristics for single carriageway roads, which is adopted directly from the American Highway Capacity Manual, is inadequate and inaccurate since several aspects used in the method s...

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Main Authors: Zamri, Bujang, Othman, Che Puan
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Language:English
Published: Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2017
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author Zamri, Bujang
Othman, Che Puan
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Othman, Che Puan
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description The current Malaysian procedure for a detailed evaluation of the capacity and effects of various road and traffic characteristics for single carriageway roads, which is adopted directly from the American Highway Capacity Manual, is inadequate and inaccurate since several aspects used in the method such as the consideration of the recreational vehicles and trucks are not directly applicable to the Malaysian traffic characteristics. The validity of the analysis is debatable since the way in which the effect of motorcycles on overall performance of the roadways is considered is not clear. The existing simulation models of traffic operations on single carriageway roads also suffer from a similar weakness. Therefore, there is a need to develop a comprehensive traffic simulation model to carry out this task. Such a model must be capable of simulating traffic behavior for a range of road layout and geometry, at junctions and compositions of traffic which include motorcycles. This paper describes the development of a simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads to assess and evaluate the speed/flow relationships and hence the road capacity from the simulation model for a given road geometry and traffic demand.
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spelling unimas-160452017-04-28T07:12:05Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16045/ Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation Zamri, Bujang Othman, Che Puan TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The current Malaysian procedure for a detailed evaluation of the capacity and effects of various road and traffic characteristics for single carriageway roads, which is adopted directly from the American Highway Capacity Manual, is inadequate and inaccurate since several aspects used in the method such as the consideration of the recreational vehicles and trucks are not directly applicable to the Malaysian traffic characteristics. The validity of the analysis is debatable since the way in which the effect of motorcycles on overall performance of the roadways is considered is not clear. The existing simulation models of traffic operations on single carriageway roads also suffer from a similar weakness. Therefore, there is a need to develop a comprehensive traffic simulation model to carry out this task. Such a model must be capable of simulating traffic behavior for a range of road layout and geometry, at junctions and compositions of traffic which include motorcycles. This paper describes the development of a simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads to assess and evaluate the speed/flow relationships and hence the road capacity from the simulation model for a given road geometry and traffic demand. Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16045/1/SIMULATION%20MODEL%20OF%20TRAFFIC%20OPERATIONS%20%28abstract%29.pdf Zamri, Bujang and Othman, Che Puan (2017) Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12 (4). pp. 945-950. ISSN 1819-6608 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014076587&partnerID=40&md5=48892808380688d4118cad6b2983ada5
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Zamri, Bujang
Othman, Che Puan
Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title_full Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title_fullStr Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title_full_unstemmed Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title_short Simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: Model calibrationand validation
title_sort simulation model of traffic operations on single carriageway roads: model calibrationand validation
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16045/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16045/1/SIMULATION%20MODEL%20OF%20TRAFFIC%20OPERATIONS%20%28abstract%29.pdf