Why would a project manager, planner or engineer want to commit the time and resources needed to effectively apply microsimulation?
Realizing that the HCM has limitations, the Federal Highway Administration, partnering agencies, and practitioners are complimenting their use of the HCM with other complimentary traffic analysis tools. This is driven by a desire to better understand and support a robust operations analysis and administrative decision. One recurring example in which additional tools are being considered is for scenarios where one or more features of an interchange or corridor operate in unstable or over-saturated conditions for a given design period, such as the afternoon rush “hour”. Due to the interdependence of the individual features of a corridor or interchange, microsimulation increases the understanding of how an alternative may function in the future.
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