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Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sp/its-idea_78.pdf

This Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project created the Access Traffic Simulation Model (ACTSIM), a tool for evaluating alternative internal road layouts and traffic management strategies under variable demand conditions and different service area configurations. It uses rule-based dynamics (or driver behavior logic), comprised of a specially developed parking algorithm as well as advanced car-following and lane-changing logic, to realistically animate vehicle movement and parking in service areas. Object-oriented modeling (OOM) used in ACTSIM allows a service (parking) area to be examined as a composition of several objects and object types. ACTSIM consists of four modules: the network editor module, the input module, the simulation and animation module, and the post-processor module. ACTSIM was calibrated and verified using data from Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. ACTSIM is one of the few models available today for planning and managing intermodal transportation terminal access road networks, which is based on advanced programming tools, proven traffic flow principles, and state-of-the-art simulation and animation concepts.

This ITS-IDEA project was conducted by Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

ITS-IDEA Project 78,
Final Report

English

24 p.

2001-11

ITS-IDEA Program Project Final Report

Figures (11) ; References

Access roads; Airport terminals; Algorithms; Calibration; Car following; Computer animation; Computer models; Intelligent transportation systems; Intermodal terminals; Lane changing; Logic; Object oriented programming; Parking; Technological innovations; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation

ACTSIM (Computer program); Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) (Program)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

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