<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper is to investigate driver behaviour in order to develop a method for improving micro-and macrosimulation traffic models with a particular focus on traffic calming solutions. Therefore, speed profiles were calculated, a PTv vissim model was created, and an attempt to estimate volume-delay functions was made. Driver behaviour was modelled on the basis of video recordings of traffic in traffic-calmed links. speed profiles were divided into parts where the speed is influenced with the traffic calming and not, and speed distributions were calculated in order to be used in vissim. vissim microsimulation was tested on various traffic volumes, with various traffic compositions, in order to identify the relationship between traffic flow and travel time.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper is to investigate driver behaviour in order to develop a method for improving micro-and macrosimulation traffic models with a particular focus on traffic calming solutions. Therefore, speed profiles were calculated, a PTv vissim model was created, and an attempt to estimate volume-delay functions was made. Driver behaviour was modelled on the basis of video recordings of traffic in traffic-calmed links. speed profiles were divided into parts where the speed is influenced with the traffic calming and not, and speed distributions were calculated in order to be used in vissim. vissim microsimulation was tested on various traffic volumes, with various traffic compositions, in order to identify the relationship between traffic flow and travel time.

Modelling driver behaviour in traffic-calmed areas

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The aim of this paper is to investigate driver behaviour in order to develop a method for improving micro-and macrosimulation traffic models with a particular...

Modelling driver behaviour in traffic-calmed areas

Publicado en línea: 21 may 2020

Páginas: 111 - 124

Recibido: 13 jul 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.119.8894

Palabras clave
traffic calming, modelling, volume-delay function

© 2019 Matthias Richter Jan Paszkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Modelling driver behaviour in traffic-calmed areas

Publicado en línea: 21 may 2020

Páginas: 111 - 124

Recibido: 13 jul 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.119.8894

Palabras clavetraffic calming, modelling, volume-delay function

© 2019 Matthias Richter Jan Paszkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Palabras clave
traffic calming, modelling, volume-delay function