Collective assessments of active traffic management strategies in an extensive microsimulation testbed

Abstract

Regarding the daily congestions on the transportation networks, fresh Active Traffic Management (ATM) policies (including an innovative combination of existing ones) could be considered a potential and affordable solution to improve traffic network performance. Any fresh idea needs to be carefully evaluated before real-world deployment to avoid potential risks on the budget and time. And microsimulation approaches have been considered a custom and dependable method for evaluating traffic improvement scenarios in recent decades. Considering available tools in traffic microsimulation software, developing a large-scale well-calibrated model complying with real-world circumstances to some acceptable levels could be challenging and time-consuming, requiring taking some initiatives. This study includes the development of a 34 miles roadway network consisting of 41 signalized intersections in VISSIM software, probing to well-fitting ATM policies and potential combinations of them, and evaluating their deployment through VSSIM's COM interface.