Microsimulations Hasselt
20101
From 2020 to 2021
TML modelled new intersection designs on Kempische Steenweg using the Vissim microsimulation model to improve traffic flow. This took into account circulation measures on the Hasselt Ring Road and the impact of new spatial developments.
Using a microsimulation model, TML investigated new intersection designs on Kempische Steenweg (N74) on both sides of the bridge over the Albert Canal. We took into account a number of circulation measures on the Ring Road around Hasselt (R71) and the additional traffic generation due to new spatial developments. In the simulation of the preferred scenario, we obtained a general improvement in traffic handling compared to the current situation.
As part of the raising of the bridges over the Albert Canal, the city of Hasselt, in consultation with the Flemish Waterway and the Agency for Roads and Traffic (AWV), wished to look for supported intersection solutions on the Kempische Steenweg (N74) along both sides of the bridge over the Albert Canal, more specifically with the intersections with the Genkersteenweg (N75) and the Ring around Hasselt (R71).
Based on a simulation model in the Vissim software, consisting of the northern part of the Ring around Hasselt and Kempische Steenweg, TML modelled and evaluated the proposed intersection solutions and circulation measures. In doing so, we compared a simulation of the current situation with the queue lengths and loss times at these intersections and the travel times of some sections.
