Citation

Caudill RJ, Kuo NM. Transp. Res. Rec. 1983; 906: 47-54.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

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Abstract

Work undertaken to develop an interactive computer simulation model for assessing the impacts of contraflow lane projects along existing freeway corridors is described. The methodology presented assembles extensively used travel demand and traffic flow models into an integrated planning tool. The travel and flow characteristics of a corridor are processed, and the user is presented with a summary of the predicted changes. These submodels include the Greenshields linear speed-flow model, the California diversion model, and a multinomial and incremental logit model developed by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. The interactive nature of the package allows the transportation planner to perform the evaluation with a minimum of effort. An example based on data from Washington, D. C., is used for illustration.

Language: en

Keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION - Management