An Electronic Surveillance and Control System for the Management of Traffic on the Borman Expressway: Part II - Calibrating a Simulation Model : Final Report

36 Pages·1996·0.56 MB·English

by  Wang, Mu-Han

SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING
CIVIL
INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOINT HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROJECT
FHWA/IN/JHRP-95/7
Final Report
AN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT ON THE BORMAN
—
EXPRESSWAY Part
II
Calibrating a Simulation Model
Mu-Han Wang and Michael Cassidy
f^2s
UNIVERSITY

Final Report
An Electronic Surveillance and Control System
for Traffic Management on the Borman Expressway
Part II
Calibrating a Simulation Model
FHWA/IN/JHRP 95-7
by
Mu-Han Wang and
Michael Cassidy
Joint Highway Research Project
Project No.: C-36-75A
File No.: 8-9-1
Prepared for an Investigation
Conducted by
Joint Highway Research Project
Purdue University
in cooperation with the
Indiana Department of Transportation
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
47906
November 20, 1995
The contents of this report reflect the views of the author who is responsible for the facts and
the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official
views or policies of the Federal Highway Administration and the Indiana Department of
Transportation. This report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation.
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1. ReportNo, 2. GovernmentAccessionNo. 3.Recipient'sCatalogNo.
FHWA/IN/JHRP-95/7
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November20, 1995
AnElectronicSurveillanceandControlSystemforTrafficManagementontheBormanExpressway
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Mu-HanWangandMichaelCassidy
FHWA/IN/JHRP-95/7
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JointHigjiwayResearchProject
CivilEngineeringBuilding
PurdueUniversity 11. ContractorGrantNo.
WestLafayette.Indiana 47907-1284
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FinalReport
IndianaDepartmentofTransportation July 1, 1991throughDecember31, 1994
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100NorthSenateAvenue
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15. SupplementaryNotes
ConductedincooperationwiththeU.S.DepartmentofTransportation,FederalHighwayAdministration.
16. Abstract
ThepurposeofthisprojectwastocahbrateafreewaysimulationmodeltoemulatetrafficoperatingconditionsontheBorman
Expressway inNorthwest hidiana. ToreplicateBormanoperatingconditions, theproject adoptedIntegratedTraffic Simulation
(INIKAS), amicroscopic, stochasticfreewaysimulationmodel. Appropriate inputdataweredevelopedon geometnc, traffic
anddnverbehaviorinformation,basedonphysicalmeasurementsandotheravailabledata. Themodel wascalibratedand
statisticalanalysiswereconductedtovahdatetheaccuracyoftheresults.
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freeway,trafficsimulation,BormanExpressway,calibration Norestrictions. ThisdocumentisavailabletothepubhcthroughtheNational
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Theauthors ofthis workgratefully acknowledge theassistance ofpersonnel at the Indiana
Department of Transportation. In particular, we thank Messrs. Dan Shauno and Troy Boyd,
INDOT Laporte District.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
iii
LIST OF FIGURES
iv
L INTRODUCTION
1
1.1. Research Objective
1.2. Research Scope
1.3. Report Overview
2. THE INTRAS MODEL 4
2.1. Model Features
2.2. Model Requirements
EMPIRICAL DATA
3. 6
3.1. Traffic Data Collection
3.2. Collection of Geometric Information
INTRAS SIMULATION
4. 8
4.1. Coding the INTRAS Model
4.2. Sensitivity Parameters
4.3. Model Calibration
CONCLUSIONS & DISCUSSION
5. 16
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