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Traffic Delay Analysis in Road Rehabilitation Projects: A Simulation Approach
Population growth has put a great strain on our highway networks leading to an ever-greater need for road rehabilitation and reconstruction. Highway networks are overloaded with new commuters every day; leading to ever-increasing congestion levels. These congestion levels are exacerbated when there are construction activities, and a road cannot be rerouted. Consequently, user cost has become an essential part of the economic evaluation criteria for the decisions that go into planning road rehabilitation projects. The lost economic output due to the delay time incurred by road users forces governments to plan these projects on tight schedules and may even penalize the contractor for failing to finish on a certain date. Contractors engaged in road rehabilitation projects are continuously asked to work in expedited conditions to minimize the delay time incurred by road users. This makes the planning phase of any road rehabilitation project essential for successfully finishing the project on time. Simulation provides a capable tool for any contractor to aid in properly strategizing for road rehabilitation projects. From contractors’ point of view, they can choose a strategy that satisfies the minimum delay versus project duration trade-off. This paper aims to allow the evaluation of the delay that is suffered by the users of four-lane freeways under different scenarios. The delays for the different number of lanes closed, working off-peak hours and different lengths of reconstruction area are evaluated using Anylogic simulation software. The results of this study should help contractors decide on the type of strategy to approach road rehabilitation projects based on delay time versus project duration trade-off.
Traffic Delay Analysis in Road Rehabilitation Projects: A Simulation Approach
Population growth has put a great strain on our highway networks leading to an ever-greater need for road rehabilitation and reconstruction. Highway networks are overloaded with new commuters every day; leading to ever-increasing congestion levels. These congestion levels are exacerbated when there are construction activities, and a road cannot be rerouted. Consequently, user cost has become an essential part of the economic evaluation criteria for the decisions that go into planning road rehabilitation projects. The lost economic output due to the delay time incurred by road users forces governments to plan these projects on tight schedules and may even penalize the contractor for failing to finish on a certain date. Contractors engaged in road rehabilitation projects are continuously asked to work in expedited conditions to minimize the delay time incurred by road users. This makes the planning phase of any road rehabilitation project essential for successfully finishing the project on time. Simulation provides a capable tool for any contractor to aid in properly strategizing for road rehabilitation projects. From contractors’ point of view, they can choose a strategy that satisfies the minimum delay versus project duration trade-off. This paper aims to allow the evaluation of the delay that is suffered by the users of four-lane freeways under different scenarios. The delays for the different number of lanes closed, working off-peak hours and different lengths of reconstruction area are evaluated using Anylogic simulation software. The results of this study should help contractors decide on the type of strategy to approach road rehabilitation projects based on delay time versus project duration trade-off.
Traffic Delay Analysis in Road Rehabilitation Projects: A Simulation Approach
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Gupta, Rishi (editor) / Sun, Min (editor) / Brzev, Svetlana (editor) / Alam, M. Shahria (editor) / Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai (editor) / Li, Jianbing (editor) / El Damatty, Ashraf (editor) / Lim, Clark (editor) / Sorour, A. (author) / Abdullah, A. (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2022 ; Whistler, BC, BC, Canada
Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022 ; Chapter: 39 ; 589-603
2024-02-06
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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