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The development of a macroscopic computer simulation model is presented. The simulation model, RURAL1, calculates traffic performance given road supply (geometrics) and demand (traffic) information. The model can analyze four types of subsections: freeway, multilane, two-lane, and passing-lane. To perform the simulation, the roadway must first be divided into subsections; users can specify up to 100 subsections. Subsection boundaries are established on the basis of changes in road geometrics, or traffic demand characteristics, or both. RURAL1 calculates traffic performance measures, such as average speed, travel time, and vehicle delay, on a directional basis for each subsection and summarizes performance results for the entire roadway section. The simulation model was applied to an actual field site where the existing condition was evaluated against two additional cases.

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Transportation Research Record

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Average spot speed; Freeways; Geometric design; Multilane highways; Rural highways; Simulation; Traffic delays; Travel time; Two lane highways

Macroscale

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory

HSL, TRIS, TRB

Jan 31 1986 12:00AM

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• VEHICLE-DETECTOR INTERACTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC-ACTUATED SIGNAL CONTROLS