Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2016, 18(2):99-103 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2016.2.99-103

Simulation Software as a Calculation Tool for Traffic Capacity Assessment

Lubomir Cernicky1, Alica Kalasova1, Jerzy Mikulski2
1 Department of Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia
2 Department of Transport, Faculty of Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

Every town faces many problems one of which is ensuring good traffic situation in its territory. Road network in towns is limited by density of existing buildings and every traffic increase can lead to road network overcrowding. Therefore towns have to plan the future traffic in the way the roads are prevented from occurring traffic problems. In order to prevent traffic problems within the city every larger investment plan which may have impact on traffic has to come under the traffic capacity assessment before is approved by city. This paper is focused on various tools that may be used in traffic capacity assessment of every greater investment plan. You can find comparison of Aimsun simulation outputs, OmniTrans simulation outputs, and outputs of analytical calculation according to technical regulations valid in Slovakia in this paper.

Keywords: delay times; traffic capacity assessment; aimsun; technical regulations; omnitrans

Published: April 30, 2016  Show citation

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Cernicky, L., Kalasova, A., & Mikulski, J. (2016). Simulation Software as a Calculation Tool for Traffic Capacity Assessment. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 18(2), 99-103. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2016.2.99-103
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