Campus Units
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2015
Journal or Book Title
Transportation Planning and Technology
Volume
38
Issue
6
First Page
626
Last Page
645
DOI
10.1080/03081060.2015.1048945
Abstract
This paper studies the assignment of long-distance passenger traffic on a highway corridor network. First, we propose a traditional model for the long-distance traffic assignment considering interactions with local commuter traffic. It addresses the effect of local networks on highway corridors. An iterative algorithm is developed to solve for the exact solution. Then, to address the potential computational issues that arise therein, a decomposition method is proposed by introducing a new concept of corridor elasticity. An assignment procedure for long-distance passenger traffic is developed accordingly. Numerical tests show that the proposed decomposition method makes significant improvements in computational performance at a small loss of optimality. This decomposition method well approximates the exact assignment from the traditional formulation, especially when the highway corridors are near-saturation. The proposed decomposition method appears practical for application.
Research Focus Area
Transportation Engineering
Copyright Owner
Taylor & Francis
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Wang, Wen; Wang, Xiubin Bruce; and Dong, Jing, "Development and calibration of a long-distance passenger traffic assignment model" (2015). Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Publications. 131.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ccee_pubs/131
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as Wang, Wen, Xiubin Bruce Wang, and Jing Dong. Development and calibration of a long-distance passenger traffic assignment model. Transportation Planning and Technology 38, no. 6 (2015): 626-645." DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2015.1048945. Posted with permission.