Ali-Scout Route Guidance Simulation. FAST TRAC Phase IIB Deliverable. No. 4:211 Report on Ali-Scout Simulation Runs at Various Levels of Market Penetration

摘要

Ali-Scout is a dynamic route guidance system with an In-Vehicle Unit (IVU) that211u001ereceives routing information from a Traffic Operations Center when passing 211u001einfixed communication beacons installed at strategic intersections. In this 211u001edocument, we present and discuss the results of the evaluation of Ali-Scout using 211u001etraffic modeling and simulation under a variety of scenarios. Section 2 describes 211u001ethe functional elements of the Ali-Scout system. Section 3 gives an overview of 211u001ethe simulation model. Section 4 includes a description of the simulation scope 211u001eand the main simulation modules developed to represent the Ali-Scout router and 211u001eguidance components. Section 5 describes the background traffic model used in 211u001esimulation. In Section 6, we present and discuss the results of the Ali-Scout 211u001esimulation runs. Section 7 concludes the report by summarizing the major results 211u001eand providing insights as to the potential benefits of such a route guidance 211u001esystem.