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VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

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12 Dynamic Assignment<br />

in <strong>VISSIM</strong> cannot cover the complete range of factors to influence of the real<br />

drivers decision behavior.<br />

Thus <strong>VISSIM</strong> offers several means to control the use of certain parts of the<br />

network during Dynamic Assignment route choice.<br />

Surcharges<br />

One method to model the behavior that some parts of the road network<br />

attract more or less traffic than expected, the cost of <strong>VISSIM</strong> links and<br />

connectors can be increased or decreased using surcharges. Surcharges<br />

are added to the total cost once per visit of a link/connector section (i.e. not<br />

per km). A section is delimited by node boundaries. Thus, the surcharge is<br />

added to the link´s general cost as often as the vehicle enters an edge on<br />

that link. E.g. in case of a link intersecting with 2 nodes, the surcharge is<br />

added 3 times, if the vehicle traverses the entire link.<br />

Define surcharges in the Link Data window by pressing COST in [OTHER].<br />

There are two kinds of surcharges:<br />

● Surcharge 1 is sensitive to the weight for<br />

financial cost in the vehicle type cost coefficients.<br />

● Surcharge 2 is simply added to the general<br />

cost and is independent of the cost coefficients<br />

of the vehicle type.<br />

Edge Closure<br />

A more rigid method of avoiding traffic on certain road sections, is to ban<br />

certain edges for the use in the Dynamic Assignment routing.<br />

Edges can be closed in the Edge<br />

Selection window by<br />

► selecting an edge and activating<br />

the option Edge Closed.<br />

► clicking the appropriate button for<br />

all edges.<br />

640 <strong>VISSIM</strong> <strong>5.30</strong>-<strong>05</strong> © PTV AG 2011

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