Improving the City’s Transport System Safety by Regulating Traffic and Pedestrian Flows

Abstract

The transport and road complex plays an important role in human activity and is an integral part of the successful functioning of an urbanized territory. However, road accidents, injuries and loss of life are the main concern among the negative consequences of the intensive growth of the car fleet. Infrastructure solutions often do not improve the situation, and at the same time are expensive. At the same time, checking the adequacy of the proposed solutions on simulation models is a good way to choose the most appropriate case for a particular situation. The aim of the study is to optimize the busy sections of the city’s road network by regulating traffic and pedestrian flows using simulated micromodeling. For this purpose, the methods and models used in the field of traffic management were analyzed, including methods for reducing and preventing congestion on the city’s road network in General and on its individual sections in particular. Data on the intensity of traffic and pedestrian flows were obtained by conducting field studies. The proposed solutions to improve the situation in problem areas were studied during experiments on a simulation model. The following research methods were used: video surveillance for visual short-term determination of the intensity of traffic and pedestrian flows, methods of mathematical and simulation modeling of traffic, theory of experiment planning, computer experiment. The results of the conducted research and experiments, as well as the assessment of the effectiveness of the chosen solutions, indicate that the use of micromodels to evaluate solutions to improve the situation on the city’s roads can ensure effective management of the city’s transport system and reduce the negative consequences of motorization in both social, economic and environmental terms.