Observation and Simulation of Traffic Congestion using SimEvents MATLAB
Erwin Harahap (a*), Farid Badruzzaman (b)

a) Department of Mathematics, Universitas Islam Bandung
Jalan Ranggagading No. 8, Bandung 40116, Indonesia
*erwin2h[at]unisba.ac.id
b) Department of Management, Universitas Teknologi Digital,
Jl. Buah Batu No. 26, Bandung 40262, Indonesia

Abstract

Congestions are events that severely hamper community activities. Generally, congestion occurs caused by too many vehicles with very limited road capacity. However, it has to be a proof that the congestions occur because of these two factors. There are several factors that caused congestion, such as people activities, bad drivers, u-turn, crossing, etc. Cinunuk road lies on Cibiru-Cileunyi line, located at the sub-district of Cileunyi, Bandung district, West Java, Indonesia. This location is usually congested over time, and become one of the most congested street in Bandung district. The Cinunuk street currently is the only one main non-toll street that connect that connects cities in the western and northern regions of the West Java province to the south or east regions. The result is high traffic density which causes traffic congestion throughout the day, specifically in the morning (06:00 to 09:00) and late afternoon (15:00 - 18:00). However, congestion also often occurs outside of these hours. In this article, a study is conducted to analyze on what exactly causes the traffic congestion in the Cinunuk line, therefore some strategic steps have to be taken to reduce congestion. We propose a modelling of situation based on observation through the causes of the congestion, using queuing models to compare the level of congestion before and after certain steps are carried out, and then simulate it using the MATLAB SimEvents application. Through this method, hopefully solution can be found to reduce the traffic congestion.

Keywords: Transportation- Modeling- Simulation- MATLAB- Simulink

Topic: Computer Science