PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-08-0038
Project Name:	Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models: An Open Source Approach (081-FH5), Phase I
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Gibson First Name: David P Telephone: 202-493-3271 E-mail: david.gibson@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Operations Research and Development
Team:	Trans Enabling Technologies Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Not Applicable
Project Description:	Phase I: (1) A vehicle component server was programmed. An open-source flow microscopic model probe vehicle on the surface street accepted the keyboard control of its location from the client side through the component-based Application Programmer Interface. In the second case, the lanes on which vehicles were traveling on the freeway were controlled by a client through the keyboard input via the component-based Application Programmer Interface as well. (2) Critical gaps about running an open-source flow microscopic model with intelligent transportation systems hardware and communications and with the Traffic EXperimental Analytical Simulation (TEXAS) intersection collision model were explored. (3) Detailed discussions of laboratory tests were presented to Federal Highway Administration staff. A phase II as been awarded.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 18, 2008
End Date:	October 30, 2009
Funding Amount:	$100,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) (2% of Adjusted CA)
Goals:	The key project objective is to create a traffic modeling tool that is optimized for transportation research rather than transportation operations.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	The purpose of this project is to develop a tool for research that can be marketed to traffic researchers rather than to traffic operations personnel.
Test Methodology:	See project description.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	U.S. Department of Transportation: Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA); Role(s): Other stakeholder
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is the development of new techniques for research into simulation modeling.
Deliverables:	Data not yet available
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Project Findings:	Phase I demonstrated that it is possible to create a traffic-modeling tool optimized for research in Fortran 2000 that can be interfaced with object-oriented programming tools. In Phase I, the feasibility of creating an open-source flow microscopic model was explored. The model and its corresponding software are based on the same code base as the CORridor SIMulation (CORSIM) base: (1) A vehicle component server is programmed. An open-source flow microscopic model probe vehicle on the surface street accepts the keyboard control of its location from the client side through the component-based application programmer interface. In the second case, the lanes on which vehicles are traveling on the freeway are controlled by a client through the keyboard input via the component-based application programmer interface as well. (2) Critical gaps about running an open-source flow microscopic model with intelligent transportation systems hardware and communications and with the Traffic EXperimental Analytical Simulation (TEXAS) intersection collision model were explored. (3) Detailed discussions of laboratory tests were presented to Federal Highway Administration staff.
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology
TRT Terms:	Statistical Sampling Traffic Simulation Operations Research Highway Operations Microscopic Traffic Flow
FHWA Disciplines:	None
Subject Areas:	Research