Title :
Traffic simulation of roundabouts in Switzerland
Author :
Bernhard, Willi ; Portmann, Peter
Author_Institution :
CIM-Center Muttenz, Inst. of Technol., Manage. & Design, Basle, Switzerland
Abstract :
In Switzerland, roundabouts enjoy a large and growing popularity. As a self-organizing system, they replace more and more the traditional traffic light systems. This article focuses on the modeling and simulation of a double tracked roundabout near Lucerne (Switzerland). The simulation results were used for decision purposes; in order to find out whether a single or double tracked roundabout should be used there. All simulations were done with the simulation language SIMSCRIPT II.5
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; road traffic; simulation languages; traffic engineering computing; SIMSCRIPT; Switzerland; decision making; double tracked roundabout; modeling; process oriented simulation language; road traffic; roundabout traffic simulation; Bicycles; Cities and towns; Lakes; Proposals; Roads; Technology management; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Traffic control; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2000. Proceedings. Winter
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6579-8
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2000.899078
