Simulation of Traffic T-Junction at Cibiru-Cileunyi Lane Using SimEvents MATLAB

Abstract

The Cibiru-Cileunyi line (JCC) or also called as Cinunuk road located in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, is one of the most densely lane vehicles because it is the only non-toll road that connects various cities in the western and northern regions to cities in the southern and eastern regions of Java West. In addition, the activities of the city and regency of Bandung and also the local community have added to the traffic jam at JCC. JCC traffic has been complained about by many people who pass to go to school, work or other activities. Congestion occurs every day, especially at rush hour, i.e. in the morning at 6 AM to 8 AM and the afternoon at 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. However, outside of these hours, high traffic jams are also always occur. JCC travel time can reach more than 1 hour in congested conditions, while at normal situation the travel time to cross at JCC is an average of 10 minutes. One of the causes of congestion is the high traffic in and out of vehicles at several T-junction locations at JCC, where almost every T-junction at JCC raises a very long vehicle queue. In this article a simulation is proposed to represent the JCC traffic situation. The simulation is created using the SimEvents MATLAB. In this simulation, some traffic engineering is applied, such as by manage the crossings in and out of vehicles at several T-intersections in the JCC to reduce congestion.