Traffic Analysis Toolbox
"Traffic analysis tools" is a collective term used to describe a variety of software-based analytical procedures and methodologies that support different aspects of traffic and transportation analyses. Traffic analysis tools include methodologies such as sketch-planning, travel demand modeling, traffic signal optimization, and traffic simulation. The purpose of the Traffic Analysis Toolbox is to provide guidance, recommendations, and examples on the selection and use of traffic analysis tools.
Currently, there are three volumes in the Traffic Analysis Toolbox:
- Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools
This volume identifies key criteria and circumstances to consider when selecting the most appropriate type of traffic analysis tool for the analysis at hand.
- To help implement the guidance of the Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools and execute the Criteria for Selecting the Appropriate Type of Traffic Analysis Tool, access the Decision Support Methodology Automated Tool (HTML, XLS 786KB)
- Volume IV: Guidelines for Applying CORSIM Microsimulation Modeling Software
This report describes a process and acts as guidelines for the recommended use of CORSIM traffic simulation software in transportation analyses. The seven-step process presented in these guidelines highlights the aspects of a CORSIM analysis from project start to project completion. The seven steps in the process include: 1) scope project, 2) data collection, 3) base model development, 4) error checking, 5) calibration - comparing model MOEs to field data (and adjusting model parameters), 6) alternatives analysis, and 7) final report. Each step is described in detail and an example problem a plying the process is carried through the entire document.
Coming soon will be Volume V: Traffic Analysis Tools Case Studies: Benefits and Best Practices.
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