Ds_unsw Science Industry Forum RTA Oct 2010

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UNSW Faculty of Science

Industry Research Forum RTA presentation

Presented6 October 2010

By Christian Chon!"hite

Tra#c A$orithm %e&e$opment 'anaer

Tra#c 'anaement

Roads and Tra#c Authority o( )*"

Contributed content sourced (rom Fraser +ohnson, RTA and %a&id*hteinman, 'A*CO*-


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Roads and Trac Authorityof New South Wales

The Roads and Tra#c Authority o( )e. *outh "a$es /RTA ishere to present

bac3round on its tra#c systems capabi$ity

an industry research pro4ect

some persona$ thouhts about co$$aborati&e research-


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Trac Systems

The RTA /and its (ormer constituent oranisations has a $onhistory o( trac systems development-

The Sydney Coordinated Adapti&e Tra#c System /SCATS is anadapti&e tra#c contro$ system that .as 5rst de&e$oped in the1708s-

The RTA8s Tra#c 'anaement Branch continues to de&e$opSCATS-

Additiona$ tra#c systems products are a&ai$ab$e that

comp$ement SCATS-


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SCATS worldwide

*CAT* has been distributed to 11cities in !countries,contro$$in a$most "!#$$$intersections .or$d.ide-

*CAT* insta$$ations can be (ound in

Austra$ia Po$and

)e.9ea$and

Co$umbia

China Bra:i$

*inapore 'e;ico

Iran


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SCATS on the we%

The *CAT* .eb site can be (ound on the internet at

www.scats.com.au


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Networ& 'erformance (evelopment Section

Networ& 'erformance (evelopment/)P% is a sectiono(Trac )ana*ement +ranch

Fraser ,ohnson

'anaer, )et.or3 Per(ormance %e&e$opment

Christian Chon*-White

Tra#c A$orithm %e&e$opment 'anaer


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Networ& 'erformance (evelopment Section

Networ& 'erformance (evelopment/)P% specia$ises in

Trac control policy ru$es (or tra#c contro$ systems

Trac performance tra&e$ time>de$ay, capacity and?ueuin

Trac control systemdesi*n tra#c sina$ contro$, ramp meterin, $ane contro$, motor.ay

manaement systems, bus priority

Trac %ehaviourre$ated to tra#c contro$ systemsTrac measurement(rom and (or tra#c contro$ systems

Trac analysiso( tra#c contro$ system resu$ts

Trac modellin*


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RTA pro.ect/ +usiness need/

Trac modellin*p$ays an important part in ad&isindecision ma3ers on the impacts o( tra#c per(ormance-

As a resu$t, a research topic in tra#c mode$$in .asidenti5ed=


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RTA pro.ect/

Pro4ect tit$e

@%e&e$opment o( a statistica$ (rame.or3

to uide tra#c micro!simu$ation studies-

Pro4ect partners

RTA/(under>mr business prob$em and domaine;pertise-

)ASC0S statistics and cross!industry e;pertise-

Aalient mode$$in techni?ue and practicee;pertise-

/'A*CO* Centre o( ;ce$$ence (or 'athematics and *tatistics o( Comp$e; *ystems


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RTA pro.ect/ 'eople/

Pro4ect Peop$e

(avid Shteinman2 'A*CO* >


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RTA pro.ect/ 4i*h-level o%.ective/

Pro4ect ob4ecti&e

The pro4ect aims to pro&ide enhanced

statistical ri*ourinthe desin, p$annin and e&a$uation o(

trac simulationstudies to

pro&ide measured con5dencein resu$ts-


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RTA pro.ect/ 0utcome/

*cience!based uide$ines (or

1/ Statistically ri*orousE eecti&e ana$ysis o( mode$ resu$ts-

2- Guanti(y con5dencein simu$ation outputs-

H- Guanti(y E correct %iasdue to mode$ scope /boundary conditions-

- %ianose mode$ pro%lemsbe(ore 5na$isin resu$ts-

J- Predict costo( simu$ation as (unction o( net.or3 (eatures,precision-

This ad&ice is not readi$y a&ai$ab$e to tra#c mode$$ers andsta3eho$ders-

/*ource %a&id *hteinman 2010


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RTA pro.ect/ 3uidelines/

Part 1- (esi*n Sta*eGuanti(y precision re?uiredPredict simu$ation costs as a (unction o(

precision and net.or3 comp$e;ity

Part 2- 0utput analysisA statistica$ (rame.or3 to

Automate>simp$i(y ana$ysis stae

Pair!.ise comparison o( mode$ runs /*cenario A &s- B%ianostic tests (or simu$ation out$iers'ethod to identi(y critica$ interactions bet.een&ariab$es

/*ource %a&id *hteinman 2010


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RTA pro.ect/ 67pected contri%utions/

Gua$ity e;amp$e o( producti&e in&estment in

@%usiness intellectual infrastructure-

Outcomes can ma3e a &a$uab$e contribution to RTA modellin*practice in $ine .ith pro4ect ob4ecti&es-

National ad&ice throuh Austroads uide$ines and standards-

;pected to resu$t in desi*n chan*esto tra#c simu$ationapp$ications-

8nternationalad&ice academic paper and specia$ session at

Inte$$ient Transport *ystems "or$d Conress in Busan, Korea-

Potentia$$y more pub$ications and speci5cations in the (uture-


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RTA pro.ect/ (e%rief/

Pro4ect has pro&ed a particu$ar$y success(u$ e;amp$e o( a

comple7 systems developmentpro4ect-

Initia$ pro.ect mana*ement desi*na 3ey contribution crysta$$ised &ision o( desired taret de$i&erab$es-

tiht scope, de5ned ob4ecti&es and (ocussed methodo$oy-

Colla%oration bet.een partieshas .or3ed &ery .e$$

parties (ormed clearrolesand contri%utions-

Potentia$ to re-applythe success(u$ stratey both .ithin thetransport mode$$in prob$em and beyond-


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RTA pro.ect/ Ta&e away/

The pro4ect demonstrates the opportunity to deployspecia$ised 3no.$ede /


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Concludin* comments/

Industry has many, many prob$ems that need to be so$&ed-

The 3ey cha$$enes areidenti(yin the pro%lemsthat ha&e the potentia$ toma7imise value-

identi(yin appropriateco$$aboratin teamsto de&e$opproductivesolutions-

creatin the initiativeand the Lmatchin*8 to (aci$itatethe e;ercise-


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Ds_unsw Science Industry Forum RTA Oct 2010