VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

6 The Traffic Network
a symmetric manner - to the right and to the left of e.g. the elevator, two
parking lots of the Real parking spaces type have to be created with
inverse Attraction values for First and Last.
● Parking fee (only relevant for Zone connector / Abstract parking lot):
- flat: charged for parking not regarding the dwell time.
- per hour: charged per parking hour, thus the vehicle´s dwell time is
taken into regard. If trip chains are used, the minimum dwell time will
be regarded. Otherwise parking is supposed to last one hour.
6.4.5.4 Editing
For all subsequent actions the Parking Lots mode needs to be active.
Upon selection of the
by a dark-blue frame:
Parking Lots mode, the parking lots are highlighted
Select You can select a parking lot either in the list or in the network display:
► Right-click outside of the VISSIM network calls the Parking lots selection
list: Left-click to select the parking lot, then click DELETE or ZOOM or DATA.
► In the network display: Click parking lot (dark-blue): The polygon turns
light-blue.
Edit data
Move
Delete
► In the network display: Double-click to call the Edit parking lot window
for the selected parking lot.
► In the selection list: Select the parking lot, then click DATA.
► In the Edit parking lot window you can enter different At and Length
values. Link number and world coordinates are not subject to changes.
► In the network display: Drag the selected parking lot to another position
within the same link or into another link/connector while holding down
left mouse-key. The polygon turns yellow.
► In the selection list: Select the parking lot and click DELETE.
► In the network display: Select the parking lot and click DEL.
Alternatively, you can drag the selected parking lot out of its link or
connector.
6.4.6 Direction Decisions
Direction decisions should not be used as their handling is more difficult than
the handling of routes. Direction decisions remain from out-dated VISSIM
versions without routing decisions.
Definition
To define a direction decision, take the following steps:
1. Select the Direction Decision mode. If it is not in the network elements
toolbar, you can add it to the toolbar using the CUSTOMIZE function.
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