SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF URBAN TRAFFIC FLOW, BY THE USE OF PROGRAMS SYNCHRO AND SIMMTRAFFIC

Abstract

Traffic simulation is an increasingly popular and effective tool for analyzing a wide variety of dynamical problems which are not amenable to study by other means. These problems are usually associated with complex processes which can not readily be described in analytical terms. Usually, these processes are characterized by the interaction of many system components or entities. Often, the behaviour of each entity and the interaction of a limited number of entities, may be well understood and can be reliably represented logically and mathematically with acceptable confidence. However, the complex, simultaneous interactions of many system components cannot, in general, be adequately described in mathematical or logical forms. In my research paper I would like to present Synchro which is a modern traffic simulation program. This is not a general presentation of this program but an attempt of choosing a real application from the urban area, more precisely from Brasov city, where I have noticed some problems in the urban traffic: congestions, conflict points. Firstly, I picked the data from one of the city’s busiest route; the data was introduced in Synchro, which simulated the urban traffic and secondly I solved some of the problems and tried to optimize it using the simulation program Synchro.