Modelling passengers, buses and stops in traffic microsimulation: Review and extensions

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-88

  Cortés, Cristián E ^a   Burgos, Vanessa ^a   Fernández, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bus; Bus stop; Microsimulation; Passenger; Station

Indexed keywords

BUS STOP; COMMERCIAL PACKAGES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; MICROSIMULATION; PASSENGER; POTENTIAL SIMULATION; PROJECT EVALUATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STATION; TRAFFIC SYSTEMS; TRANSIT SYSTEMS; TRANSIT VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN CONTEXT;

BUS TERMINALS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; MASS TRANSPORTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUSES;

EID: 77958049143     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (38)

1. TRB. Traffic flow theory. A state-of-the-art report. Transportation Research Board, Special Report 165, Washington, DC, 1997.
2. Fox K. SMARTEST - new tools for evaluating ITS. Traffic Engineering and Control 2002; 41(1):20-22.
3. Cortés CE, Pagès L, Jayakrishnan R. Microsimulation of flexible transit system designs in realistic urban networks. Transportation Research Record 2005; 1923:153-163.
4. SMARTEST. Simulation modelling applied to road transport European scheme tests. University of Leeds, Leeds. www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/smartest, 1999.
5. Silva PCM. Simulating bus stops in mixed traffic. Traffic Engineering and Control 2000; 41(4):160-167.
6. TSS. GETRAM/AIMSUN User Manual, Version 4.2. Transport Simulation Systems, 2004.
7. FHWA. CORSIM User Manual, Version 1.01. Federal Highway Administration: Washington, DC, 1996.
8. Liu R, DRACULA Traffic Model User Manual, Version 2.0. Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, 2003.
9. PTV. VISSIM User Manual, Version 3.7. Planung Transport Verkehr, 2003.
10. Quadstone. Quadstone PARAMICS V5.0. Modeller User Guide. Quadstone Ltd., 2004.
11. Silva PCM, Buses in microscopic traffic simulation models. Working Paper. University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London, 1997.
12. Venglar SP, Fambro DB, Bauer T. Validation of Simulation Software for Modeling Light Rail Transit. Transportation Research Record 1494. National Research Council: Washington, DC, 1995; 161-166.
13. Inga Note. Integration of a center-running guided busway into an arterial street. VISSIM User Group Meeting. Seattle, 2001.
14. Multisystems, Inc. Bus Rapid Transit Simulation Model Research and Development. Report USDOT/SBIR Phase 1, 2000.
15. Abdulhai B, Shalaby AS, Georgi A. Microsimulation modelling and impact assessment of streetcar transit priority options: The toronto experience. Proceedings of the 81st TRB Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC, 2002.
16. Chien S, Chowdhury S, Mouskos K, Ding Y. Enhancements of CORSIM model in simulating operations. Journal of Transportation Engineering 2000; 126(5):396-404.
17. Fernández R, Tyler N. Effect of passenger-bus-traffic interactions on bus stop operations. Transportation Planning and Technology 2005; 28(4):273-292.
18. Jayakrishnan R, Cortés CE, Lavanya R, Pagès L. Simulation of urban transportation networks with multiple vehicle classes and services: classifications, functional requirements and general-purpose modeling schemes. Proceedings of the 82th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2003.
19. Oh Jun-Seok, Cortés CE, Jayakrishnan R, Lee Der-Horn. Microscopic simulation with large-network path dynamics for advanced traffic management and information systems. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Singapore, June 2000.
20. Li MY, Yin Y, Zhou K, Zhang W, Liu H, Tan C. Adaptive transit signal priority on actuated signalized corridors. Proceedings of the 84th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005.
21. Lee J, Shalaby A, Greenough J, Bowie M, Hung S. Advanced transit signal priority control using on-line microsimulation-based transit prediction model. Proceedings of the 84th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005.
22. Kim W, Rilett LR. An improved transit signal priority system for networks with nearside bus stops. Proceedings of the 84th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005.
23. Silva PCM, Modelling interactions between bus operations and traffic flow. PhD Thesis, University of London, 2001.
24. Tyler N, Silva P, Brown N, Fernández R. Operational impacts of bus stops. In Tyler N (ed.). Accessibility and the Bus System: From Concepts to Practice. Thomas Telford: London, 2003; 99-137.
25. Fernández R, Modelling bus stop interactions. PhD Thesis, University of London, 2001.
26. Fernández R. A new approach to bus stop modelling. Traffic Engineering and Control 2001; 42(7):240-246.
27. Fernández R, Planzer R. Review of the capacity of road-based transit system. Transport Reviews 2002; 22(3):267-293.
28. Silcock JP, SIGSIM Version 1.0 Users Guide. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London, 1993.
29. Costa DA. Parallel SIGSIM: Version 3.0 User Guide. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London, 1999.
30. Gipps PG. A behavioural car-following model for computer simulation. Transportation Research B 1981; 15(2):105-111.
31. Gipps PG. A model for the structure of lane-changing decisions. Transportation Research B 1986; 20(5):403-414.
32. Law AM, Kelton WD. Simulation Modelling and Analysis. McGraw-Hill International: Singapore; 1991.
33. TRB. Highway capacity manual 2000. Transportation Research Board, Special Report 209, Washington DC, 2000.
34. Cowan JR. Useful headway models. Transportation Research 1975; 9:371-375.
35. Gibson J, Effects of a downstream signalised junction on the capacity of a multiple berth bus stop. Proceedings of the 24th PTRC European Transport Forum, London, 1996.
36. Gibson J, Fernández R. Efecto de una intersección semaforizada aguas abajo sobre la capacidad de un paradero de buses con sitios múltiples. Apuntes de Ingeniería 19(4), Ed. Universidad Católica de Chile, 1996; 31-40.
37. Akcelik R, Chung E. Calibration of the bunched exponential distribution of arrival headways. Road and Transport Research 1994; 3(1):42-59.
38. Troutbeck RJ. A review of the process to estimate the Cowan M3 headway distribution parameters. Traffic Engineering and Control 1997; 38(11):600-603.