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    MODULE 6

    TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT

    PREPARED BY
    GAUTHAM KRISHNA
    Traffic assignment

    The process of allocating given set of trip interchanges to the specified


    transportation system is usually referred to as traffic assignment.
    The fundamental aim of the traffic assignment process is to reproduce
    on the transportation system, the pattern of vehicular movements
    which would be observed when the travel demand represented by the
    trip matrix, or matrices, to be assigned is satisfied.
    The major aims of traffic assignment procedures are:
     1. To estimate the volume of traffic on the links of the network and
    obtain aggregate network measures.
    2. To estimate inter zonal travel cost.
    3. To analyze the travel pattern of each origin to destination(O-D)
    pair.
    4. To identify congested links and to collect traffic data useful for the
    design of future junctions.
    TRANSPORT NETWORK

    Transportation systems are commonly represented


    using networks as an analogy for their structure and
    flows.
    Transport networks belong to the wider category of
    spatial networks because their design and evolution
    are physically constrained instead of non-spatial
    networks such as social interactions, corporate
    organization, and biological systems, which are
    usually constrained by other factors and where space
    plays a lesser role.
    The term network refers to the framework of
    routes within a system of locations, identified as
    nodes.
    A route is a single link between two nodes that are
    part of a larger network that can refer to tangible
    routes such as roads and rails, or less tangible
    routes such as air and sea corridors.
    Between the two zones A and B, there maybe
    alternate routes to follow, having different lengths
    and characteristics.
     The estimation of what proportion of total
    forecasted trips between A and B, shall use the
    available alternate routes is known as “Route
    Assignment".
    In the route assignment:
     i) The route to be travelled is determined.
    ii) The interzonal trips are assigned to the selected
    routes. Route Assignment
    To determine facility needs and costs and benefits,
    we need to know the number of travellers on each
    route and link of the network.
    We need to undertake traffic (or trip) assignment.
     Suppose there is a network of highways and transit
    systems and a proposed addition.
     We first want to know the present pattern of traffic
    delay and then what would happen if the addition
    were made
    Diversion curves

    Diversion curve is the basic approach used for

    the traffic assignment purposes.

    The method is similar to the mode choice curve. 

    Traffic between two routes can be computed as a

    function of relative cost or travel time.


    Diversion curves method is one of the frequently
    used assignment techniques.
     This method predicts the percentage of trips that is
    likely to use a proposed new facility (bypass, new
    expressway, new arterial street, etc.) based on
    distance saved or time saved or cost saved.
     The data collected from the pattern of road usage in
    the past serve to build up such curves. Direction
    curve method
    Diversion curves can be constructed using the
    following variables:-
    1. Travel time saved
    2. Distance saved
    3. Travel time ratio
    4. Distance ratio
    5. Travel time and distance saved
    6. Travel cost ratio
    7. Distance and speed ratio Direction curve method
    The following formula has been fitted to this type of

    curves where, P=percentage of traffic diverted to new


    system TR=travel time ratio
    TR = travel time on new system / travel time on old

    system

    1
    P = 100 / ( +TR^6)

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