Simulation Analysis on Access Management in
Medium and Small Cities
YU Quan,REN Guang-li,QIN Yu,GUO Zeng-zeng and LIANG Rui
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College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology;College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology;College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology;College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology;College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology
In many medium and small cities of China, it is a problem in the typical roads that access
density is too large. This phenomenon seriously affects the traffic capacity and traffic safety of urban
roads. Access management may improve the safety and efficiency of arterial roads effectively. Qingchun
Road in Huairou District of Beijing was taken as an example and the orthogonal experiment method was
used to calibrate the parameters of simulation software and the before-after effects of the access improve⁃
ment measures were compared. 32 cases were generated in orthogonal experiment. 3 random seeds were
conducted for each case. Each seed case ran 2 hours. The experimental results show that the minimum
gap time and the desired speed distribution are two parameters most relevant with the running speed in
medium and small cities. By using the simulation platform after calibration to measure the performance
of access improvements of Qingchun Road, the conclusion is drawn that reasonable access management
measures can increase the average travel speed by 1.8~4.4 km/h.
YU Quan,REN Guang-li,QIN Yu,GUO Zeng-zeng and LIANG Rui.
Simulation Analysis on Access Management in
Medium and Small Cities[J]. Transport Research. 2016, 2(1): 23-30