Appendix E: Traffic Analysis Tools by Category
E.1 Sketch-Planning Tools
Examples of sketch-planning tools:
E.2 Travel Demand Models
Available travel demand modeling tools:
- b-Node Model
- CUBE/MINUTP
- CUBE/TP+/Viper
- CUBE/TRANPLAN (Transportation Planning)
- CUBE/TRIPS (Transport Improvement Planning System):
http://citilabs.com/trips/index.html
- EMME/2™
- IDAS
- MicroTRIMS
- QRS II (Quick Response System II)
- SATURN (Simulation and Assignment of Traffic to Urban Road Network)
- TModel
- TransCAD®:
http://www.caliper.com/tcovu.htm
- TRANSIMS (Transportation Analysis Simulation System)
- VISUM
E.3 Analytical/Deterministic Tools (HCM Methodologies)
There is a wide
array of analytical/deterministic tools currently available, including:
E.4 Traffic Optimization Tools
Examples of traffic optimization tools:
E.5 Macroscopic Simulation Models
Examples of macroscopic simulation traffic analysis tools:
E.6 Mesoscopic Simulation Models
Examples of mesoscopic simulation tools:
- CONTRAM (Continuous Traffic Assignment Model)
- DYNAMIT-P, DYNAMIT-X, DYNASMART-P, DYNASMART-X
- MesoTS: http://plan2op.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/Pdf2/mesoscopic.pdf
- VISTA (Visual Interactive System for Transport Algorithms): http://www.vistatransport.com/ (revision date June 18, 2009)
E.7 Microscopic Simulation Models
Examples of microscopic traffic simulation models:
E.8 Integrated Traffic Analysis Tools
There are some
programs or utilities available that integrate two or more programs to
provide a common data input format (all allow a user to run several
programs). Some examples of integrated traffic simulation models include:
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