22203 Traffic and Transportation Engineering Control Summer
Description and Rationale: The course offers the advanced features of traffic engineering, particularly traffic flow engineering. It aims to clarify the fundamentals of traffic flow theory and how to describe the traffic phenomena theoretically and experimentally: Students learn the traffic flow variables and their relationships. In addition, they study the concept of microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow simulation models as well as the procedure of how to validate and evaluate them. The final goal is to develop a traffic flow simulation program for a road network. The basic knowledge of mathematics is required, especially probability theory and regression analysis.
Keywords: Traffic Flow, Traffic Stream Model, Traffic Control, Traffic Simulation, Microscopic Model,
Macroscopic Model
Pre-requisite: Fundamentals of probability theory and statistics
Expected students: master and doctoral
Instructor: Dr Takashi NAKATSUJI (naka@eng.hokudai.ac.jp)
Course Outline:
(1) Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory
Traffic flow variables
Traffic variables relationships
(2) Headway distribution
Traffic events
Probability distribution of headway
Goodness-of-fit
(3) Traffic Stream Model
Density and Speed (K-V) Curve
Density and Volume (K-Q) Curve
Volume and Speed (Q-V) Curve
(4) Microscopic Traffic Flow Model
Car-following models
Linear car-following model
Non-linear following model
(5) Macroscopic Traffic Flow Model
Hydrodynamic Model
Shock Wave Analysis
Relationship with Microscopic Model
(6) Queuing Phenomena in Traffic Flow
Deterministic queuing
Stochastic queuing
Delay Formula at Intersection
(7) Simulation of Traffic Flow
Random number generation
Sampling generation of random deviates
Procedure in simulation
Simulation models
Grading: assignment 20%, final exam 70%
Text book(s):
1) Adolf D. May, 1990, Traffic How Fundamentals, McGraw Hill.
2) Gazis, D. C., 1974, Traffic Science, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
3) Gerlough, D. L. and Huber, M. J., 1975, Traffic Flow Theory, Transportation Research Board, Special Report No.
165, Washington D.C. (Updated Version: N. Gartner, H. Mahmassani, et. al., Traffic Flow Theory : A state-of-the-Art Report, http://www-cta.ornl.gov/cta/research/trb/tft.html)
4) Leutzbach, W., 1988, Introduction to the Theory of Traffic Flow, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York.
5) Mannering, F. L. and Kilareski, W. P., 1990, Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, John Wiley
& Sons.
6) William R. McShane and Roger P. Roess, 1990, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall.
7) Woltgang S. Homburger, Jerome W. Hall, 1996, Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering Institute of Transportation
Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
3/2007