Determining the Free-Flow Speeds in a Regional Travel Demand Model based on the Highway Capacity Manual Chao Wang Joseph Huegy Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University May 06, 2013 Columbus, OH 14 th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference 1
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Determining the Free-Flow Speeds in a Regional Travel Demand Model based on
the Highway Capacity Manual
Chao WangJoseph Huegy
Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE)at North Carolina State University
May 06, 2013Columbus, OH
14th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference
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Topics
• Background
• Current practices
• Methods
• Validation
• Conclusions
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Background The Triangle Regional Model (TRM)
• Covers 3,430 square miles• Population: 1.6 million• TRM is a trip based 4-step model• TRM Version 6 model is under development
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Why Free-flow Speeds are Important in Travel Demand Models
• They are used to determine the network skims in the off-peak period
• They are used to calculate the congested speeds
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Current Practices
• There are two approaches Formulas Lookup tables
• How are the formulas and the values in the lookup tables determined? Speed limit Formulas in research reports (NCHRP 387) Speed survey Professional judgment Borrow from other models
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Current Practices
• Factors that are considered Facility type Area type Posted speed Traffic control type (e.g. traffic signal) Median On-street parking
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Advantages to Using Formulas in HCM
• Directly benefit from the enormous research efforts put into the development of HCM
• To help the free-flow speeds and capacities be consistent
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Challenges to Using Formulas in HCM
• The formulas in the HCM sometimes require traffic flow information.
• The formulas in HCM require very detailed link attributes. Some of them are not usually available in a travel demand model, such as access point density and signal spacing.
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Ideas to Use Formulas in HCM
• Simplify the formulas to fit the free-flow condition
• Develop default values for the unavailable link attributes
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Facility Types in the Triangle Regional ModelFacility Type Description HCM 2010
Freeway Uninterrupted facility with full control of access Chapter 11
Multilane Highway
Uninterrupted facility without full control of access (>1 lane in each direction)
Chapter 14
Two-lane Highway
Uninterrupted facility without full control of access (1 lane in each direction)
Chapter 15
Major Arterial Interrupted facility that provide high-speed movement
Chapters 17-20Minor Arterial Interrupted facility that is not major
arterial or collector
Collector Interrupted facility that provide accessibility
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Default Values in the Triangle Regional Model
DescriptionAccess Point Density
Default values for ramp density on freeways or intersection/driveway density on other facilities
Signal Spacing
Default values for average signal spacing (distance between two adjacent signals) on interrupted facilities
Cycle Length Default values for the signal cycle length on interrupted facilities
GC RatioDefault values for the ratio of effective green time and signal cycle length on interrupted facilities
Arrival Type Default values for the vehicle arrival type (1 to 6) on interrupted facilities
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Sample Default Values in the Triangle Regional Model