A microscopic traffic simulation model for the evaluation of toll station systems

Author

Astarita, Vittorio ; Florian, Michael ; Musolino, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

DIPITER, Univ. della Calabria Rende, Italy

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

692

Lastpage

697

Abstract

The work focuses on the analysis of mixed toll stations with different toll collection systems. A new microscopic simulation model for the analysis of vehicular flow at a toll plaza system is presented. It is able to represent the traffic demand/supply interaction and the effects on traffic induced by the geometric and functional characteristics of the infrastructure. It allows one to observe situations in which, because of the limited capacity of manual toll gates, queues spill back interfering and reducing electronic toll collection gates capacities. The model can be a useful operational tool for support planning activities of toll plaza systems, in order to reach optimal operational efficiency levels

Keywords

digital simulation; road traffic; tariffs; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; electronic toll collection; microscopic traffic simulation; road traffic; toll station systems; traffic control; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Cost benefit analysis; Microscopy; Pollution; Stochastic systems; Supply and demand; Traffic control; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7194-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2001.948744

Filename

948744