Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models: An Open Source Approach (081-FH5), Phase I
Project Information
Project ID:
FHWA-PROJ-08-0038
Project Abstract:
Phase I:
(1) A vehicle component server was programmed. An open-source flow microscopic model probe vehicle on the surface street accepted the keyboard control of its location from the client side through the component-based application programmer interface. In the second case, the lanes on which vehicles were traveling on the freeway were controlled by a client through the keyboard input via the component-based Application Programmer Interface as well.
(2) Critical gaps about running an open-source flow microscopic model with intelligent transportation systems hardware and communications and with the Traffic EXperimental Analytical Simulation (TEXAS) intersection collision model were explored.
(3) Detailed discussions of laboratory tests were presented to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) staff. A Phase II has been awarded.
Goals
The key project objective is to create a traffic modeling tool that is optimized for transportation research rather than transportation operations.
Research HUB ID:
7853
Project Status:
Completed
Project Funding Amount (Contract Award Amount):
$100,000.00
Start Date:
End Date:
Public Access Plan:
No
FHWA Program Area:
- Small Business Innovation Research
Fiscal Year / AMRP Program / AMRP Activity:
- FY 2002-2022 / Operations / Transportation Systems Management and Operations
Project Outputs:
Phase I demonstrated that it is possible to create a traffic-modeling tool optimized for research in Fortran 2000 that can be interfaced with object-oriented programming tools. In Phase I, the feasibility of creating an open-source flow microscopic model was explored. The model and its corresponding software are based on the same code base as the CORridor SIMulation (CORSIM) base: (1) A vehicle component server is programmed. An open-source flow microscopic model probe vehicle on the surface street accepts the keyboard control of its location from the client side through the component-based application programmer interface. In the second case, the lanes on which vehicles are traveling on the freeway are controlled by a client through the keyboard input via the component-based application programmer interface as well. (2) Critical gaps about running an open-source flow microscopic model with intelligent transportation systems hardware and communications and with the Traffic EXperimental Analytical Simulation (TEXAS) intersection collision model were explored. (3) Detailed discussions of laboratory tests were presented to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) staff.
AMRP = Annual Modal Research Plan
Contact Information
Management Organizations
Sponsor Organization
Organization Role:
Sponsor Organization
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development and Technology - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
Contact Role:
Project Lead
Contact:
Managing Organization
Organization Role:
Project Managing Organization
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development and Technology - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
Contact Role:
Project Contact
Contact:
Performing Organization
Organization Role:
Performing Organization
Organization:
University of Mississippi
Partners and Other Sponsor/Managing/Performing Organizations
Organization Role:
Other
Organization:
U.S. Department of Transportation: Office of the Secretary of Research
Deliverables
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