Examınatıon of Delay and Travel Tıme at Hıghway Toll Booths Usıng A Mıcro Sımulatıon Program: Example of Northern Marmara Hıghway Kurnaköy Toll Booth

Ümitcan ÖZDEMİR*, Mustafa GÜRSOY**, Göker AKSOY***
* Yıldız Technical University, Davutpaşa Street 34220 Esenler, İstanbul, Turkey
** Yıldız Technical University, Davutpaşa Street 34220 Esenler, İstanbul, Turkey
*** Işık University, Meşrutiyet Street 34980 Şile, İstanbul, Turkey
* E-mail: umitcan.ozdemir@outlook.com **E-mail: gursoy@yildiz.edu.tr ***E-mail: goker.aksoy@isikun.edu.tr
DOI – http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5401

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal that barrier toll booths are inefficient in terms of delay and travel time when compared to non-barrier toll booths. In our study, Kurnaköy toll booth, on the Northern Marmara Highway, was examined. The toll booth was modeled using the PTV Vissim microsimulation program. Currently, 8 toll booths are in active service and are operated with barriers. As an alternative to the current operation, 4 different operations were modeled: 8 toll booths without barriers, 10 toll booths without barriers, 12 toll booths without barriers, and finally 4 toll booths with a free passage system. The designed models were run under 3 different demand levels as low, medium, and high, and compared using the PTV Vissim program. When the current barrier toll booth and the non-barrier operations were compared with medium demand, it was seen that there is a significant difference in delay. A bottleneck problem was also encountered due to the geometry of the barrier-free toll booth operation. The optimum operation was found by comparing the alternative operations.

Keywords: Tollbooth, delay, travel time, PTV Vissim, congestion

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