The sexy world of micro-simulation & playing in traffic
Still playing in traffic this morning…
anyone want to play traffic engineer?
The Institute for Transport & Economics has put together an online microsimulator for road traffic that can really suck up some free-time if you’re not careful…
The 3 screen grabs at right are the effects of closing a lane and the congestion impact that occurs behind it.
The variables to play with:
- vehicles in an hour
- percent of truck traffic
- speed limits (must convert to MPH)
Then, simply adjust the speed of the simulation, and hit start. For the simulation shown in the screen grabs at right, lower speeds helped reduce congestion. Obviously, the number of vehicles also have a major impact.
If you’re really into it, use real Traverse City’s traffic counts.
The simulator let’s you explore the impacts on a ring road, traffic lights, lane changes, uphill grades and on-ramp traffic.
Mainly for highway use, but fun to explore nonetheless.
Put on your engineer’s hat for a few minutes and explore. If you discover anything interesting, let us know with a comment.
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