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Dr Hamid AL- Jameel

Developing a Simulation Model to Evaluate the Capacity of Weaving Sections. Dr Hamid AL- Jameel. 1.The aims and objectives 2.Definition of a weaving section 3.Limitations of existing methods 4.Data Collection and Analysis 5.Car-following sub-model 6.Gap Acceptance sub-model

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Dr Hamid AL- Jameel

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  1. Developing a Simulation Model to Evaluate the Capacity of Weaving Sections Dr Hamid AL-Jameel

  2. 1.The aims and objectives 2.Definition of a weaving section 3.Limitations of existing methods 4.Data Collection and Analysis 5.Car-following sub-model 6.Gap Acceptance sub-model 7.Weaving rules 8.Calibration of the developed model 9.Validation of the developed model 10.The application of the developed model 11.Management scenarios used by the developed model 12.Conclusions and recommendations

  3. The aim of this study The aims of this research are to build a simulation model capable of representing the factors influencing the behaviour of weaving vehicles and to evaluate the weaving capacity.

  4. Objectives 1.To determine the factors/variables that affect weaving capacity based on previous literature research. 2.To build a simulation model that is capable of representing weaving section using Visual Compact Fortran. 3.To collect data from several weaving sections with different geometric design. 4.To calibrate the system with field data and to validate the model using another set of field data. 5.To introduce countermeasures to improve the capacity of weaving section such as selection of the best location for warning signs or guide signs, and applying different types of management in terms of changing some geometric designs using pavement markings.

  5. Definition • Weaving area: the crossing of two or more traffic streams while travelling in the same general direction without the aid of traffic control devices (HCM 2000).

  6. R-R Off-ramp On-ramp Motorway Motorway M-M Definition • Weaving area: the crossing of two or more traffic streams while travelling in the same general direction without the aid of traffic control devices (HCM 2000). M-R R-M W1= R-M or M-R W2=R-M or M-R Vw= W1+W2 VR=VW/V R=W1/Vw

  7. Definition Exit point Entrance point

  8. Data collection • Data have been collected from different sites in the UK . More than 50 hours video recording have been gathered from 7 weaving sections. • Besides these data, MIDAS data and published data have been used. • Some of these investigated characteristics are: • 1. Effective length • For weaving length > 300m is 200m. • For weaving length < 150m is all actual length. • 2. merging points • for merging point < 100m is 80%. • for diverging point < 100m is 90%. • 2. Volume ratio and weaving ration. • 3. Upstream characteristics and gap acceptance for the selected samples from these sites.

  9. Car-following A new safety car-following model has been developed and calibrated with field data

  10. M60 9026B M60 9034B M60 9030B After diverging loop Upstream loop After merging loop Calibration process The developed model for weaving section has been developed as integrated model for different sub-models such as car- following, lane changing, gap acceptance and weaving. then the developed model has been calibrated with field data such as flow and speed taken from the upstream loop detector as input data and comparison with output data from the two down stream loops from both simulated and field data. 190m 200m 90m

  11. Calibration process

  12. Validation process

  13. The application

  14. The application

  15. The application

  16. The application

  17. The application

  18. The developed model has been used to investigate the effect of some characteristics and new management scenarios on the capacity of weaving sections. These are: • The HGVs have large effect the capacity of weaving sections because the HGVs occupy large spacing and poor capability in terms of acceleration and deceleration rates. • The PCE (passenger car equivalent) has been found slightly higher than corresponding values obtained by other studies such as Vermijs and Shuurman (1998). • Different speed limits have been applied using the developed model. The results show that the speed limit has no noticeable effect to increase the efficiency of operations at weaving sections. • new management has been applied by shifting diverging vehicles for a specific distance downstream of the entrance point. This shifting has been applied using longitudinal solid line of pavement marking to prevent diverging vehicles from changing lane. Different lengths of this solid line have been applied using the developed model. A 150m was found to be the optimum value among others.

  19. A new management has been applied by this developed model after its calibration and validation. This new management can be summarised by changing the weaving section type from ramp weave (Type A) to Type B using just pavement markings. This change could be applied under specific conditions. The results of applying this management show more encouraging outputs in terms of increasing the level of speed and reducing the effect of bottleneck and queue formation for the field case taken from the Northenden Site 1.

  20. Thank You

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