Performance of Existing Integrated Car Following and Lane Change Models around Motorway ramps

Models are an important tool for decision making. However, in order to get proper results, these models must be validated and only be used in situations where the conditions of the validation apply. Blind trust on a model can lead to unexpected and inaccurate results. Advancements can be made to reduce the number of situations where this occurs....

A simulation model of mixed traffic flow at non-signalised intersections, based on the Shared Space approach

The objective of this thesis project is to analyze the traffic behaviour that the Shared Space approach assumes to enforce in a traffic space designed according to its principles, and to determine the impact of this behaviour on traffic performance and safety, isolated from location-specific elements. This is done by means of a new conceptual...

Gaining new insights regarding traffic congestion, by explicitly considering the variability in traffic

In hydraulic engineering it is known that for the evaluation of the performance of a system, a probabilistic approach is preferable to a deterministic one. The essence of such a probabilistic approach is that random variability/uncertainty is explicitly taken into account. In this graduation project, this probabilistic way of looking at a system...