ABSTRACT: In the U.S. there currently exists a financial crisis for the funding of necessary roadway maintenance and expansion. It has thus become necessary to find other means to fund transportation based projects. One such solution is public-private partnerships (P3s) in which a private investor funds a public transportation project and in turn the government entity allows the private investor to collect tolls to recoup their investment. As this type of partnership becomes a more popular option it will become necessary to develop tools necessary to assist engineers in the planning and design of the toll plazas placed along these new roadways. Simulation software is one of these tools. Simulation software such as CORSIM, Aimsun, and VISSIM, to name a few, are vital tools to the planning process of roadways as these programs allow engineers a means to analyze and visualize their proposed roadway designs under expected traffic conditions. This allows engineers an opportunity to develop the appropriate toll network design before construction even begins. This can greatly save federal, state, and local entities millions of dollars in expenses to correct or alter already started/completed projects. Unfortunately, few of these simulation programs are capable of properly simulating traditional toll plazas. CORSIM, one of the most widely utilized simulation programs in the U.S., does not currently allow for direct simulation of toll plaza facilities. This project resulted in the implementation of direct toll plaza modeling into CORSIM. This was accomplished through the development of new algorithms and modeling features. This document discusses the development, verification, and validation of the new toll plaza features implemented in CORSIM.

This book comprises select proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE 2018) with technical papers on the themes of traffic operation control and management, traffic safety and vulnerable road users, and sustainable transportation. It covers a wide range of topics, including advanced traffic data collection methods, big data analysis, mix-traffic characterization and modelling, travel time reliability, scenario of pedestrian and non-motorised vehicles (NMVs) traffic, regional traffic growth modelling, and applications of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in traffic management. The contents of this book offer up-to-date and practical knowledge on different aspects of traffic engineering, which is useful for students, researchers as well as practitioners.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have transformed surface transportation networks through the integration of advanced communications and computing technologies into the transportation infrastructure. ITS technologies have improved the safety and mobility of the transportation network through advanced applications such as electronic toll collection, in-vehicle navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, and advanced traffic management systems, and advanced traveler information systems. In this book that focuses on different ITS technologies and applications, authors from several countries have contributed chapters covering different ITS technologies, applications, and management practices with the expectation that the open exchange of scientific results and ideas presented in this book will lead to improved understanding of ITS technologies and their applications.

This collection contains 121 technical papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation, held in Boston, Massachusetts, August 5-7, 2002.