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Proceedings - Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica - Cnr

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Current scenario Synchronization Difference<br />

Average arterial travel time<br />

[s]<br />

176.5 154.0 -12.7%<br />

Average total arterial travel length<br />

[veh·km]<br />

41.4 47.1 +13.8%<br />

Average total network<br />

travel time [veh·h]<br />

87.6 85.5 -2.4%<br />

Table 3. Comparison of arterial and network results pre and post synchronization.<br />

A further investigation concerns the analytical traffic model us<strong>ed</strong> by the synchronization<br />

algorithm. Two issues are here dealt with. The first regards the capability of such a simple<br />

model to estimate the average travel time along the artery. The second issue concerns the<br />

impact of the interaction between traffic control and drivers’ route choice to the solution<br />

found. As signals have been set by assuming the traffic flows as independent variables and<br />

the dynamic traffic assignment provid<strong>ed</strong> the dynamic equilibrium traffic flows on the<br />

artery, the analytical delay model has been appli<strong>ed</strong> again by taking the average equilibrium<br />

traffic flows as input.<br />

The travel times on the artery comput<strong>ed</strong> by Dynameq and by the analytical model are<br />

compar<strong>ed</strong> in Figures 5 and 6.<br />

Although the analytical model is bas<strong>ed</strong> on a much simpler theory that assumes<br />

stationary and homogeneous traffic flow, the two models provide very similar results. As<br />

far as the two assumptions consider<strong>ed</strong> in the analytical model, namely the possibility or not<br />

that platoons can always catch-up each other, the former provid<strong>ed</strong> a better correspondence<br />

with the microsimulation perform<strong>ed</strong> by Dynameq.<br />

Arterial travel time <strong>di</strong>rection 1 [s<br />

240<br />

220<br />

200<br />

180<br />

160<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

Simulation<br />

analytical model<br />

(with catchup)<br />

analytical model<br />

(without catchup)<br />

5 25 45 65 85 105 125 145 165<br />

Simulation interval [min]<br />

Figure 4. Comparison between simulation and analytical model<br />

(Arterial <strong>di</strong>rection 1, Cycle length 108.5 s).<br />

861

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