Transportation Engineering
Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models

"traffic cannot be seen as purely a mechanical system, but is more an interaction between physics (equations of motion) and psychology (perception) since man is an important link of the vehicle system as a whole and thus cannot be ignored"

Hans-Thomas Fritzsche, Daimler-Benz (1994)


Transportation Engineers Study Driver Behaviour

Aggression

  • speed
  • headway
  • gap acceptance

Awareness

  • response time
  • distractions
    




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