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Use of microsimulation to access HCM2010 methodology for oversaturated freeway segments
| Title: | Use of microsimulation to access HCM2010 methodology for oversaturated freeway segments. |
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| Name(s): |
Jolovic, Dusan College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xii, 98 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 2010 methodology for freeway operations contain procedures for calculating traffic performance measures both for undersaturated and oversaturated flow conditions. However, one of the limitations regarding oversaturated freeway weaving segments is that the HCM procedures have not been extensively calibrated based on field observations on U.S. freeways. This study validates the HCM2010 methodology for oversaturated freeway weaving segment by comparing space mean speed and density obtained from HCM procedure to those generated by a microsimulation model. A VISSIM model is extensively calibrated and validated based on NGSIM field data for the US 101 Highway. Abundance of the NGSIM data is utilized to calibrate and validate the VISSIM model. Results show that HCM methodology has significant limitations and while in some cases it can reproduce density correctly, the study finds that speeds estimated by the HCM methodology significantly differ from those observed in the field. | |
| Identifier: | 794669529 (oclc), 3342202 (digitool), FADT3342202 (IID), fau:3873 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Dusan Jolovic. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Roads -- United States -- Design and construction Traffic engineering -- United States Express highways -- Management Intelligent transportation systems -- United States -- Design and construction |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342202 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
