Traffic breakdown mechanism of hidden bottlenecks on an arterial road : case studies of u-turn and on street parking in Aceh Province on Indonesia | |
| Author | Sigiarto |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.TE-10-09 |
| Subject(s) | Traffic engineering--Simulation methods Traffic flow--Indonesia--Aceh |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineer in Transportation Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. TE-10-09 |
| Abstract | Traffic breakdown mechanisms were studied on arterial roads which are median opening and on-street parking exist. Studies were conducted during three days a week including morning and evening peak hours. The diagnostic tools used in this work were oblique cumulative plots and breakdown probability methods. Both methods are time series treatment between cumulative vehicles arrival versus time contracted from data recorded by video tape. It is clearly shown that in certain time during an hour observation bottleneck becomes active then breakdown occurs on average 39 and 41minutes within an houron u-turn and on-street parking section respectively.Finding from this work on average capacity drops both in median opening and on-street parking approximately in the range 8-9 percent and 7-11 percent respectively controlled by capacity in immediately before breakdown. Performing by BPF method, speed founded drop on average 10percent and 12.5 percent respectively from effecting median opening and on-street parking. Several alternatives were selected and testedfor improving existing conditions. CORSIM and VISSIM were employed for simulating alternatives of improvement. The result showed that adding 50m pocket lane was selected for better traffic operation, and partially restrictedon-street parking also concluded better result of MOEs. Thus, both alternatives were chosen for existing improvement based on the result of MOEs. |
| Year | 2011 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. TE-10-09 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Thirayoot Limanond |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kunnawee Kanitpong;Nakatsuji, Takashi |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of the Province of Aceh, Indonesia |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 |