Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences

MODELING DRIVER BEHAV IOR FOR TWO AND THRE E LANE SECTIONS IN IRAQI RU RAL ROADS

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hamid Athab Al-Jameel 1
Ali Jihad Kadhim 2

1 University of Kufa-Civil Engineering Dep.

2 Al-Mustansiriayah University-Highways and Transportation Engineering Dep.

10.30772/qjes.v10i4.492
Abstract
Modeling driver behavior is the corner stone for any traffic simulation model. Driving behavior is a complex task to mimic the reality by simulation model. This study has focused on collecting field data from several rural road sites. These data include lane utilization, lane changing and headway. Then, a simulation model has been developed for representing the driver behavior at rural roads. Car-following model developed in this study is safety one. Then, lane changing hybrid model has been developed according to the suggested assumptions by previous studies and collected field data to match the real behavior. Gap acceptance model has been adopted from previous studies which show good consistency with real driver behavior through comparing with other characteristics such as lane changing and lane utilization. The developed model has been calibrated with field data and showed encouraging results.

Keywords

Car-following model
Lane changing model
Simulation model and rural roads
Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 4
Autumn 2017
Pages 431-450

  • Receive Date 25 September 2017
  • Revise Date 30 October 2017
  • Accept Date 15 January 2018

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