Sinclair Knight Merz is developing a detailed traffic simulation model of the Melbourne Airport arrivals, departures and traffic circulation areas.
The model uses Paramics microsimulation software and is based on a detailed physical representation of the road and parking layout, including traffic signals, pedestrian crossings and other features. Traffic patterns have been developed from extensive surveys of peak activity periods, to simulate the movement and interactions of taxis, buses, hire cars and private cars.
Because of the numerous and complicated vehicular and pedestrian traffic flows around the terminal area, our client, Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd, needed a dynamic and interactive simulation model which would enable proposed improvements to be tested and evaluated thus providing a cost-effective aid to decision making about managing current and future traffic demands.