Microsimulation of traffic and congestion of the interchange oval

Abstract

This article was carried out in the Larco Oval located at the intersection of South America and Victor Larco Avenues, in the city of Trujillo-Peru, with the objective of analyzing the microsimulation of traffic and vehicular congestion in the area.A descriptive non-experimental design was used, where thetechnique used for data collection was direct observation, with record cards and video cameras; the data analysis process wascarried out through the construction of a microsimulation model with Vissim software, which allowed calculating performance indicators of the intersection. The microsimulation process yielded values related to travel time, which through calibration was estimated as an accurate representation of the existing situation through the model; thus, the vehicular congestion analyzed withthe HCM 2010 methodology and the vehicular microsimulationobtained a high level of saturation, resulting in a level of service F that proves the supply-demand gap in the infrastructure. Therefore, the geometric design of a turbo traffic circle was proposed, which, following the same evaluation process, caused an important congestion relief up to a level of service D.