Measuring traffic congestion using computer simulation

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Measuring traffic congestion using computer simulation

Batjargal, Dolgorsuren / Tsend, Ganbat

In order to decrease the traffic congestion we had to measure the number of vehicles, the traffic congestion time, the destination, the capacity and their combination. In order to decrease traffic congestion we needed first to identify the reasons of it, such as holiday, weather, accident, working time, traffic light, road condition, special event, special vehicles, law-and-order and population. Then we had to re-measure and compare it when we will change some of these reasons. Some specific simulation software is used to do the measurement. It is also possible to develop your own simulation software. In this paper we are calculating some important statistics such as traffic density, traffic intensity, capacity, traffic average speeds, queue length and waiting time for each vehicle without any specific computer simulation software. In order to do it we have developed a computer model based on the data of UBTCC and simulated it. This research result will be used to develop Smart Traffic Control system in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia.