Examination of a road intersection using state of the art traffic simulation software

Abstract

In the paper, the authors present a transportation optimization problem related to the mobility of the citizens of the University of Miskolc. The essence of the problem is that during the morning mobility period unnecessary bottlenecks are regularly created in certain sections of the transportation system around the university. The paper focuses on one of the three bottlenecks, a relatively complex intersection before the university which connects several larger traffic areas. This traffic junction was analyzed with the use of a state of the art traffic simulation software - PTV Vissim - and the results were utilized for the optimization of the signal program of the intersection. The modified signal program was again tested in the simulation environment, which showed a significant increase in the throughput capacity of the transport node. Further increases in efficiency could be achieved with the utilization of an adaptive signal program, which could be the focus of further research.