VISSIM Calibration for Urban Freeways: Tech Transfer Summaries

2015Tech Transfer SummaryPDFTech ReportInTrans Project 14-487MicrosimulationTraffic simulationUrban areasInterchangesFreewaysHighway capacityTraffic densityHeadwaysCalibrationWeaving sectionsData collectionSensitivity analysisTraffic speedVISSIM (Computer model)Data and Information TechnologyHighwaysOperations and Traffic ManagementUnited StatesIowaIowa State University. Institute for TransportationDong, JingHouchin, Andrew JeremyShafieirad, NavidLu, ChaoruHawkins, Neal R.Knickerbocker, SkylarIowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and EducationIowa. Dept. of TransportationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionTo help determine whether urban interchanges are designed to provide adequate roadway capacity, traffic microsimulation tools such as VISSIM must be calibrated to local conditions.75