Abstract:
With the recent advances in technology, the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has yielded an electronic toll collection system (ETC), which is known as E-tag. The prime objective of this study is to evaluate the waiting time of the traffic queue on toll plaza and to propose an optimal simulation-based approach that uses lanes configuration systems in mixed traffic environments. Data were collected between 04:00 PM - 10:00 PM during June of 2019. The simulation was done based on PTV VISSIM software to determine the waiting time in different scenarios i.e. existing scheme, 3M-tag, 2ACM + additional toll lanes, 2-M tag + 2ACM + additional toll lanes, 4-M tag + 2ACM + additional toll lanes, 6-M tag + 2ACM + additional toll lanes, all E-tag lanes, and E-tag + additional toll lanes. The simulation results showed that the waiting time can be significantly reduced by changing the lane configuration. The results showed that waiting time can be reduced up to 93.66%, queue length up to 57.69%, and the throughput up to 75.94% as compared to the existing scenario in the evening peak hours. The study can be used as a milestone in determining the best lane configuration for mitigating traffic delays.
Keywords:
optimization
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Toll collection
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Lane configuration
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Queue length
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waiting time