Study On Traffic Management Strategies And Evaluation In Special Events

As the increasing of the market economic activities and the development of people's material and cultural life, there will be more and more special events in cities, for example, sports activities, exhibitions, business and other promotional activities. In China, except for the Asian Games, Kunming Expo, and 2006 Shenyang International Horticultural Exposition which have been organized successfully, 2008 Beijing Olympics games, 2010 Shanghai Expo, and 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games will be held in the coming years. These special events will engender a great challenge to our daily traffic system on how to assure the traffic unblocked and reduce the impact on general traffic. That is a big problem to traffic authorities, especially for the events which have a great influence in home and abroad.This thesis explores the contents and methods of traffic management during special events. It includes five aspects: characteristics and categories analysis of special events, analysis of traffic management measures, traffic management planning, evaluation system, and case study. First, on the base of summarizing the related researches in special events at home and abroad, this thesis classifies special events and analyses the characteristics of special events in the perspective of traffic demand, traffic flow and traffic management. Second, after analyzing the measures of traffic organization, a framework of traffic management in special events is put forward. Third, the thesis discusses the contents of traffic management planning during special events in stop or station planning, public transit planning, VIP traffic management in detail. Finally, corresponding to the measures of traffic management defined by traffic authorities, this thesis brings forward a set of evaluation system. Based on this research, example of Olympic park during Beijing Olympic Games is applied with VISSIM simulation, the evaluation results show good effect of the traffic management plan proposed in the thesis. Through this study, the research in the thesis can provide a scientific and effective technical support for the systemic, scientific and rational decision-making on traffic management strategies, and have an important consult meaning and instruction meaning for the same style large special events in future.