Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia

Microscopic traffic simulation software has several applications, such as performance evaluation, plan improvements, traffic operation control, design, and transportation facility management. This study presents the application of the well-known traffic simulation software VISSIM in the operation of...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mahdi, Mohammed Bally
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	T Technology
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/45968/1/Microscopic%20simulation%20on%20the%20operation%20and%20capacity%20of%20toll%20plaza%20in%20Malaysia_Mohammed%20Bally%20Mahdi_A9_2017_MYMY.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-usm-ep.45968
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-usm-ep.459682021-11-17T03:42:17Z Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia 2017-02-01 Mahdi, Mohammed Bally T Technology TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Microscopic traffic simulation software has several applications, such as performance evaluation, plan improvements, traffic operation control, design, and transportation facility management. This study presents the application of the well-known traffic simulation software VISSIM in the operation of toll plazas in Malaysia. This study evaluates the overall toll operation of two types of closed system toll plazas in the Malaysian expressway to gain insight into the variables that influence toll operations, which in turn affect the actual capacity of toll plazas in terms of average and maximum queue length. VISSIM was used to build toll plaza models for the mainline and ramp toll plazas which are Juru and Jawi respectively, to study their toll operations and actual capacities. In order to simulate the toll operations at toll plazas, microscopic data were obtained for each vehicle arriving and departing the toll plazas through video recordings. Video recordings were taken from two sources. The first source was from the installed CCTV and the second source was from the PLUS CCTV cameras at the tollbooths. The collected field data of the Juru and Jawi toll plazas differed in terms of number of lanes, lane configuration, toll base fee, expressway location, traffic demand, and traffic composition characteristics. The toll plaza models were then calibrated according to the measure of effectiveness and key parameter to match real world toll operations at toll plazas. Results revealed that service time is the most important parameter for evaluating the toll operation of toll plazas. Moreover, service time for entry is much lower than the service time for exit. The findings indicated that the percentage of heavy vehicles in traffic flow has a significant impact on the queue lengths at the Juru and Jawi toll plazas. Apart from that, the models were used to predict the operation of toll plazas in the future upon implementation of full electronic toll collection (ETC). The results indicated that the implementation of full ETC at the entry of both the Juru and Jawi toll plazas did not improve the operations of the toll plazas. However, the implementation of full ETC at the exit significantly improved the toll operations. But, the implementation of full ETC at the exit of the Jawi toll plaza has negatively influenced the queue lengths of Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG lanes due to the location of the signalised intersection which is near to Jawi toll plaza. The study has managed to contribute to two major findings at the traffic operations at toll plaza. The first contribution is on the prediction of traffic operation at the toll plaza in the future after the implementation of full electronic toll collection system at conventional toll plazas. The second contribution is on the estimation of the actual capacity of the conventional toll plazas. 2017-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45968/ http://eprints.usm.my/45968/1/Microscopic%20simulation%20on%20the%20operation%20and%20capacity%20of%20toll%20plaza%20in%20Malaysia_Mohammed%20Bally%20Mahdi_A9_2017_MYMY.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
collection	USM Institutional Repository
language	English
topic	T Technology T Technology
spellingShingle	T Technology T Technology Mahdi, Mohammed Bally Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
description	Microscopic traffic simulation software has several applications, such as performance evaluation, plan improvements, traffic operation control, design, and transportation facility management. This study presents the application of the well-known traffic simulation software VISSIM in the operation of toll plazas in Malaysia. This study evaluates the overall toll operation of two types of closed system toll plazas in the Malaysian expressway to gain insight into the variables that influence toll operations, which in turn affect the actual capacity of toll plazas in terms of average and maximum queue length. VISSIM was used to build toll plaza models for the mainline and ramp toll plazas which are Juru and Jawi respectively, to study their toll operations and actual capacities. In order to simulate the toll operations at toll plazas, microscopic data were obtained for each vehicle arriving and departing the toll plazas through video recordings. Video recordings were taken from two sources. The first source was from the installed CCTV and the second source was from the PLUS CCTV cameras at the tollbooths. The collected field data of the Juru and Jawi toll plazas differed in terms of number of lanes, lane configuration, toll base fee, expressway location, traffic demand, and traffic composition characteristics. The toll plaza models were then calibrated according to the measure of effectiveness and key parameter to match real world toll operations at toll plazas. Results revealed that service time is the most important parameter for evaluating the toll operation of toll plazas. Moreover, service time for entry is much lower than the service time for exit. The findings indicated that the percentage of heavy vehicles in traffic flow has a significant impact on the queue lengths at the Juru and Jawi toll plazas. Apart from that, the models were used to predict the operation of toll plazas in the future upon implementation of full electronic toll collection (ETC). The results indicated that the implementation of full ETC at the entry of both the Juru and Jawi toll plazas did not improve the operations of the toll plazas. However, the implementation of full ETC at the exit significantly improved the toll operations. But, the implementation of full ETC at the exit of the Jawi toll plaza has negatively influenced the queue lengths of Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG lanes due to the location of the signalised intersection which is near to Jawi toll plaza. The study has managed to contribute to two major findings at the traffic operations at toll plaza. The first contribution is on the prediction of traffic operation at the toll plaza in the future after the implementation of full electronic toll collection system at conventional toll plazas. The second contribution is on the estimation of the actual capacity of the conventional toll plazas.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Mahdi, Mohammed Bally
author_facet	Mahdi, Mohammed Bally
author_sort	Mahdi, Mohammed Bally
title	Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
title_short	Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
title_full	Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
title_fullStr	Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia
title_sort	microscopic simulation on the operation and capacity of toll plaza in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.usm.my/45968/1/Microscopic%20simulation%20on%20the%20operation%20and%20capacity%20of%20toll%20plaza%20in%20Malaysia_Mohammed%20Bally%20Mahdi_A9_2017_MYMY.pdf
_version_	1747821592364187648

Microscopic Simulation On The Operation And Capacity Of Toll Plaza In Malaysia

Similar Items