Optimal speed detector density for the network with travel time information

Optimal speed detector density for the network with travel time information

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Article ID: iaor2003753
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 36A
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 203
End Page Number: 223
Publication Date: Mar 2002
Journal: Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
Authors: ,
Keywords: design, transportation: road, cost benefit analysis
Abstract:

In the expressway network, detectors are installed on the links for detecting the travel time information while the predicted travel time can be provided by the route guidance system (RGS). The speed detector density can be determined to influence flow distributions in such a way that the precision of the travel time information and the social cost of the speed detectors are optimized, provided that each driver chooses the minimum perceived travel time path in response to the predicted travel time information. In this paper, a bilevel programming model is proposed for the network with travel time information provided by the RGS. The lower-level problem is a probit-based traffic assignment model, while the upper-level problem is to determine the speed detector density that minimizes the measured travel time error variance as well as the social cost of the speed detectors. The sensitivity analysis based algorithm is proposed for the bilevel programming problem. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the applications of the proposed model and of the solution algorithm.

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