Role of microscopic simulation in designing and optimizing TMS

摘要

In the past years, the modeling of microscopic traffic simulation, which gives a realisticassessment of current and future traffic conditions, became a standard also in Slovenia.Therefore, the microscopic simulation shows itself as a very useful tool in the design andmanagement of TMS. This requires the involvement of transport planners and designers ofTMS. Traffic planner’s search for solution of traffic problems is extremely limited by spaceand other constraints, so sometimes the use of ITS measures is the only solution to trafficproblem. On the other hand, the possibility of verifying the effects of such systems (before orduring implementation) is very helpful for the designers of these systems that are ofteninnovative and untested in practice. The paper investigates which measures can be modeledwith microscopic simulation, how they can be modeled and describes ways of analyzingbenefits. This is done on practical examples.