A Vissim Simulated-Based Analysis of Traffic Congestion in Palawe Bridge, San Fernando Pampanga: A Proposed Traffic Modifications

Abstract

This study summarizes the current road traffic congestion measures and provides a constructive insight into the development of a sustainable and resilient traffic management system. Traffic congestion causes delays, inconvenience and economic losses to drivers and air pollution. By using traffic count daily and weekly, measurements are detailed therefore results help to improve the overall transportation systems sustainability to initiate mitigation strategies. A microscopic simulation model called VISSIM can optimize control systems, forecast their behavior before they are put into use, and forecast operational network performance. In VISSIM, a simulation road net similar to that of a driving simulator is drawn, and the traffic simulation parameters are set up to allow the simulation to run and the output of traffic flow characteristics. After running a traffic simulation, the influenced traffic flow indicators are obtained. This allows for the measurement of the effects that adverse weather has on the characteristics of traffic flow.