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

Al-Jameel, Hamid Athab; Kadhim, Ali Jihad

doi:10.30772/qjes.v10i4.492

	MODELING DRIVER BEHAV IOR FOR TWO AND THRE E LANE SECTIONS IN IRAQI RU RAL ROADS
Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2017, Pages 431-450 PDF (1.11 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.30772/qjes.v10i4.492
Authors
Hamid Athab Al-Jameel^* ¹; Ali Jihad Kadhim²
¹University of Kufa-Civil Engineering Dep.
²Al-Mustansiriayah University-Highways and Transportation Engineering Dep.
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

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