声明
Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 Background and Significance
1.2 Impacts of Traffic Congestion
1.3 Organization of thesis
1.4 Problem Statement
1.5 Difficult and Challenge
1.6 Thesis Objectives
1.6.1 General Objective
1.6.2 Specific Objectives
1.7 Scope of the Work
1.8 Research Methodology
1.9 Thesis Contributions
1.10 Thesis Outline
Chapter 2 – Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Impact of Expressway Bottleneck
2.3 Traffic Flow at Expressway Merge Areas
2.4 Traffic Flow at Expressway Diverge Areas
2.5 Expressway Short Weave Section
2.6 Microsimulation Modeling
2.6.1 Selection of Microsimulation Models
2.7 Model Calibration and Validation
2.8 Model Challenges and Shortcomings
Chapter 3 – Test Sites and Identification of Recurring Bottleneck
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Study Area
3.3 The Depiction of The Test Sites - Sources of Geometric Information
3.4 Selected Locations
3.4.1 Jiangdong Middle Rd (East Bound)
3.4.2 Ji Village Rd (East Bound)
3.4.3 Yingtian Rd (East Bound)
3.4.4 Longjing South Rd (West Bound)
3.4.5 East Ring Rd (North Bound)
3.5 Identification of Recurring Bottleneck
Chapter 4 – Data Collection and Modeling
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Data Collection
4.3 Travel Time and Delay Calculation
4.4 Modeling of Traffic Flow in Simulation
4.4.1 Links and Connectors
4.4.2 Conflict Areas
4.4.3 Volumes and Routing Decisions
4.4.4 Desired Speed Decisions and Reduced Speed Areas
4.5 Model Developments
4.5.1 Improve Traffic at the First Segment by Extending Acceleration Lane
4.5.2 Improve Traffic at the Second Segment by Adding Auxiliary Lane
4.5.3 Improve Traffic at the Third Segment by Extending Acceleration Lane
4.5.4 Improve Traffic at the Fourth Segment by Applying Hard Shoulder Running
4.5.5 Improve Traffic at the Fifth Segment by Applying Dynamic Junction Control
4.6 Calibration and Validation of Microsimulation Models
4.7 Analyze of Conflicts in the Surrogate Safety Assessment Model
4.8 Summary
Chapter 5 – Results and Discussion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Travel Time
5.3 Vehicle Delay and Queue
5.4 Analyzing of SSAM Conflict
Chapter 6 – Conclusion, Recommendation and Future Work
6.1 Conclusion
6.2 Recommendation and Future Works
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致谢
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