Project information
- Category: Transportation Research
- Repository URL: github.com/djarvis3/BYU_imt_optimization
Research Project Description
Many regions have introduced Incident Management Teams (IMT) as a method to improve highway system operations, especially during peak periods when the user costs of incidents clogging roadways can be particularly high. IMT can respond quickly to incidents ranging from vehicle breakdowns to serious, multi-car collisions and aid other first response agencies to manage the traffic stream and return traffic to normal conditions CITE. In this research, we explore a micro-simulation approach for representing IMT response to incidents in a highway network. This approach relies on adaptations to the MATSim transportation modeling framework to represent both incidents and the IMT response, and is implemented in a scenario representing the Wasatch Front (Salt Lake City) region of Utah. the IMT program's performance along the Wasatch Front. The simulation aims to demonstrate how IMT effectiveness varies with changes in allocated resources as well as the concentration of incidents.