Modelling toll operations in Malaysia

This thesis describes research carried out to investigate and model toll system operations on a closed toll highway network in Malaysia. The main objectives were to identify factors that influence toll operations and to investigate the effect of alternative layouts and strategies on toll system oper...

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Main Author:	Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	1995
Subjects:	HE Transportation and Communications
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/20/1/AhmadHilmyAbdulPFKA1995.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.202018-01-10T04:17:19Z Modelling toll operations in Malaysia 1995 Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy HE Transportation and Communications This thesis describes research carried out to investigate and model toll system operations on a closed toll highway network in Malaysia. The main objectives were to identify factors that influence toll operations and to investigate the effect of alternative layouts and strategies on toll system operations. Field surveys were conducted at the Sungai Besi toll plaza near Kuala Lumpur and the Senai toll plaza near Johor Bahru. Field data included parameters such as traffic flow, composition, headway and speed distribution that are the demand elements to the toll system and the plaza layout, number of toll booths and of the system. Drivers' booth selection behaviour and while drivers follow each other very closely on the highway they take a relatively long time to move-up into service when in queue at the toll booths. A microscopic time scanning simulation model that describes traffic behaviour in a toll system has been developed. The model deals with the following toll operations strategies : closed and opened toll systems, different toll collection systems and multiple toll systems. The model has been calibrated and validated by comparing measures of delay and throughout with data obtained at the Sungai Besi toll plaza over several peak and off-peak period. The model has also been applied to examine the impact of introducing automatic vehicle identification (AVI) in the tooling system. The results show that the number of AVI booths provided should be limited to a certain number when the percentage of vehicles using the AVI system is less then or equal to sixty percent. A multiple toll situation commonly found at border entries was also examined. The results show that buffer distances will affect vehicle delays and that an optimum buffer distance will result in minimum delays. A proposal has been forwarded for the construction of toll design charts by exploiting the advantages of simulation modelling embodied in the model developed. 1995 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/20/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/20/1/AhmadHilmyAbdulPFKA1995.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil engineering
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spellingShingle	HE Transportation and Communications Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
description	This thesis describes research carried out to investigate and model toll system operations on a closed toll highway network in Malaysia. The main objectives were to identify factors that influence toll operations and to investigate the effect of alternative layouts and strategies on toll system operations. Field surveys were conducted at the Sungai Besi toll plaza near Kuala Lumpur and the Senai toll plaza near Johor Bahru. Field data included parameters such as traffic flow, composition, headway and speed distribution that are the demand elements to the toll system and the plaza layout, number of toll booths and of the system. Drivers' booth selection behaviour and while drivers follow each other very closely on the highway they take a relatively long time to move-up into service when in queue at the toll booths. A microscopic time scanning simulation model that describes traffic behaviour in a toll system has been developed. The model deals with the following toll operations strategies : closed and opened toll systems, different toll collection systems and multiple toll systems. The model has been calibrated and validated by comparing measures of delay and throughout with data obtained at the Sungai Besi toll plaza over several peak and off-peak period. The model has also been applied to examine the impact of introducing automatic vehicle identification (AVI) in the tooling system. The results show that the number of AVI booths provided should be limited to a certain number when the percentage of vehicles using the AVI system is less then or equal to sixty percent. A multiple toll situation commonly found at border entries was also examined. The results show that buffer distances will affect vehicle delays and that an optimum buffer distance will result in minimum delays. A proposal has been forwarded for the construction of toll design charts by exploiting the advantages of simulation modelling embodied in the model developed.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy
author_facet	Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy
author_sort	Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Hilmy
title	Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
title_short	Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
title_full	Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Modelling toll operations in Malaysia
title_sort	modelling toll operations in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil engineering
publishDate	1995
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/20/1/AhmadHilmyAbdulPFKA1995.pdf
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