| Title | Simulation Studies for an Urban Traffic Corridor |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49376 |
| Personal Name Creator |
McCabe, Lawrence J.; Ricci, Robert; Concannon, Pat |
| Source | 48p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 19751001 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The report describes the salient features of the SCOT (Simulation of Corridor Traffic) model and a successful calibration and validation. SCOT is a computer model that may be applied to an urban traffic corridor and will simulate vehicular traffic on freeways, including on and off ramps, and urban streets. Vehicles are treated microscopically on the arterial street system and macroscopically as platoons on the freeway. Output statistics for each simmulated link include numbers of vehicles discharged, total times of travel, average occupancy, and average occupancy, and average speeds for specified time intervals. Calibration and validation data collected via photographic techniques on a 1.2 mile test network of the Dallas North Central Expressway are described. A demonstration of the origin-destination (O-D) traffic assignment capability of the model is described. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10827 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10827 |
| TRT Terms | Highway traffic; Freeways; Highway traffic control; Highways; Mathematical models; Origin and destination; Ramps; Simulation; Streets; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic surveillance; Transportation corridors; Urban areas; Urban growth; Urban highways; Urban transportation |
| Classification | NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION; NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS; NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - Traffic Flow |
| Geographical Coverage |
Dallas (Texas) |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-FHWA-75-2 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49300/49376/DOT-TSC-FHWA-73-02.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |