This paper presents an alternative planning framework to model and forecast network traffic for planning applications in small communities, where limited resources debilitate the development and applications of the conventional four-step travel demand forecasting model. The core idea is to use...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the scaling effect and overlapping problem in a route choice context using the logit-based stochastic user equilibrium (SUE) principle to explicitly account for the congestion effect. Numerical experiments are performed on nine models: the deterministic...

Steady-state traffic flow on a ring road with up- and down-slopes is investigated using a semi-discrete model. By exploiting the relations between the semi-discrete and continuum models, a steady-state solution is uniquely determined for a given total number of vehicles on a ring road. The...

This paper addresses the design issue of sustainable cordon toll pricing schemes in a monocentric city. An analytical model that maximizes the total social welfare of urban system is first proposed for simultaneous optimization of the cordon toll location and charge level. The solution...

This paper proposes a new model for investigating the effects of integrated rail and property development on the design of rail line services in a linear monocentric city, in which the property development rights at railway station areas are conferred to a private rail operator. The proposed...

Jiang et al. (Jiang, Y.Q., Wong, S.C., Ho, H.W., Zhang, P., Liu, R.X., Sumalee, A., 2011. A dynamic traffic assignment model for a continuum transportation system. Transportation Research Part B 45 (2), 343–363) proposed a predictive continuum dynamic user-optimaDUO-l to investigate the...

A wide array of spatial units has been explored in macro-level modeling. With the advancement of Geographic Information System (GIS) analysts are able to analyze crashes for various geographical units. However, a clear guideline on which geographic entity should be chosen is not present. Macro...

The regulation of overweight trucks is of increasing importance. Quickly growing heavy vehicle volumes over-proportionally contribute to roadway damage. Raising maintenance costs and compromised road safety are also becoming a major concern to managing agencies. Minimizing pavement wear is done...

This paper considers the ideal dynamic user optimal (DUO) route choice problem using a route-based variational inequality approach. A discrete time dynamic flow model is developed, which uses link travel time functions to determine time-dependent network states. The proposed flow model is built...