Dynamic Traffic Flow Model – a New Approach with Static Data

Information of traffic condition in cities is hardly obtainable by road users and operators. In this paper, a new developed microscopic traffic simulation model is proposed, which can be used for several purposes. This novel traffic simulation model is based on a well known efficient and highly realistic traffic flow model. A new approach of an alternative departure time model using a combination of static OD matrices and multiple time series on each origin for modelling dynamic traffic flows in a transportation network is proposed. It is shown how the exact amount of vehicles of every origin for each time step is determined. Furthermore, three different approaches for route-choice modelling are presented. The paper concludes with the system calibration process and results regarding the travel time and velocity profiles for one OD relation of a real transportation network.