The Relationship between a Numbers of Truck Toll Booths and Truck Volumes & Composition at Toll Plaza

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to analyze the optimum number of Tollbooths that should be opened based on both volume and trucks composition. Tub Chang toll plaza (Open toll system on M9) were selected to be case study for this research. Microscopic Traffic Simulation (Aimsun) was used as a tool to develop the toll plaza. Service rates of each type of trucks were the major parameters for calibration process. To find the optimum numbers of tollbooth, both truck volumes and compositions were varied entering the network. As the result of this research, the expected delay table for truck was developed to assist finding the optimum numbers of tollbooths should be opened under various truck volumes and compositions.