Host: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Pages 305
The application of micro simulation traffic modeling and analyzing software has been widely spread in many countries, including the developing countries. Before that, many developing countries have been used micro analytical software, for example aaSIDRA. It seems it is more difficult to use micro simulation software in developing countries due to there are more complex problems compared to developed countries, as the models were developed based on the travel behavior of the country. A study to model and analyze a signalized intersection has been undertaken in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It used CUBE Dynasim, a relatively new micro simulation software, and aaSIDRA. Throught the application of the two models, it has been found that CUBE Dynasim tends to generate lower approach flows compared to the real data while aaSIDRA generates higher lane capacity than the demand. Public transport arrival rate and stop time were reduced with by 10 percent incrementally in order to investigate this case. However, CUBE Dynasim still generates traffic flow which is below the real data.
