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The document discusses trip assignment in transportation engineering, focusing on the choice of paths between origins and destinations, and the distinction between person trips and vehicle trips. It explains the concept of Level of Service (LOS) to evaluate traffic conditions and outlines various route choice models, including Minimum Path and All or Nothing methods. Additionally, it addresses time of day patterns in trip generation and the calculation of traffic volumes based on these factors.

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Chapter Five - Four

The document discusses trip assignment in transportation engineering, focusing on the choice of paths between origins and destinations, and the distinction between person trips and vehicle trips. It explains the concept of Level of Service (LOS) to evaluate traffic conditions and outlines various route choice models, including Minimum Path and All or Nothing methods. Additionally, it addresses time of day patterns in trip generation and the calculation of traffic volumes based on these factors.

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Trip Assignment

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
ASST. PROF. DR. MOHAMMAD ALI MOSABERPANAH

1
Trip Assignment

Trip Assignment
Trip Assignment
Trip makers choice of path between origin and destination
Path: streets selected
Transit: usually set by route
Results in estimate of traffic volumes on each roadway in
the network
Person Trips vs. Vehicle Trips
Trip generation step calculated total person trips
Trip assignment deals with volume not person
trips
Need to adjust person trips to reflect vehicle trips
Understand units during trip generation phase
Person Trips vs. Vehicle Trips
Example
Usually adjust by average auto occupancy
Example:
If:
average auto occupancy = 1.2
number of person trips from zone 1 = 550

So:
Vehicle trips = 550 person trips/1.2 persons per vehicle = 458.33
vehicle trips
Time of Day Patterns
Trip generation usually based on 24-hour period
LOS calculations usually based on hourly time period
Hour, particularly peak, is often of more interest than daily
Level of service (LOS)
“A level of service is a letter designation that describes
a range of operating conditions on a particular type of
facility.”

LOS A (best) LOS F (worst or system breakdown)

A Free flow
B Reasonably free flow
C Stable flow
D Approaching unstable flow
E Unstable flow
F Forced flow
LOS for basic freeway segments

A C

B D
LOS for basic freeway segments
(cont.)

E
F
Time of Day Patterns
Common time periods
◦ Morning peak
◦ Afternoon peak
◦ Off-peak

Calculation of trips by time of day


◦ Use of factors (e.g., morning peak may be 11% of daily traffic)
◦ Estimate trip generation by hour
Minimum Path
Theory: users will select the quickest route
between any origin and destination
Several route choice models (all based on some
“minimum” path)
◦ All or nothing
◦ Multipath
◦ Capacity restraint
Minimum Tree
Starts at zone and selects minimum path to each
successive set of nodes
Until it reaches destination node

2
(3) (2)
(7)
1 5
4
(4) (4)
3

Path from 1 to 5
Minimum Tree
2
(3) (2)
(7)
1 5
4
(4) (4)
3
1. Path from 1 to 5 first passes thru 4
2. First select minimum path from 1 to 4
3. Path 1-2-4 has impedance of 5
4. Path 1-3-4 has impedance of 8
5. Select 1-2-4
All or Nothing
Allocates all volume between zones to minimum path based on free-
flow link impedances
Does not update as the network loads
Becomes unreliable as volumes and travel time increases

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