Defining a vehicle route of the type managed lane

You can define a vehicle route of the type Managed lanes that starts with a managed lanes routing decision on a link and ends with a destination section on a link. The managed lanes routing decision or the destination section may also each lie on a connector.

A routing decision of the type Managed lanes has a maximum of two routes: the managed lane route and the general purpose route. After you have positioned the managed lanes routing decision, add the destination section of the toll route (red by default). Subsequently, at the destination section, insert the toll-free route (green by default). By default, the toll-free route runs along the same link sequence as the toll route from the managed lanes routing decision to the destination section. Both routes automatically have the same destination section. You can have one of these two routes run via a different link sequence (Modeling a separate route course for the toll route and toll-free route).

A routing decision of the type Managed lanes is only taken into account for the simulation if it is complete:

• A managed lanes route and a general purpose route must be defined.
• A managed lanes facility, including a user-defined price model and decision model must be assigned (Defining decision model for managed lane facilities), (Defining toll pricing calculation models).

Note the effects of routing decisions of the type managed lanes facilities (Mode of action of routing decisions of the type Managed Lanes).

Notes:   You can specify that you need not press the Ctrl key when adding network objects (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object). For some network objects there are windows in which the attributes of a network object can be defined and edited. There are lists for this, for all network objects. You can choose whether you want to open a window, a list or neither of the two for the definition of network objects in the Network Editor (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object).

1.  On the network object sidebar, click Vehicle Routes.

The button is highlighted. The variant of the network object type is displayed in parentheses and the button is shown.

2.  Click Vehicle Routes again.

A list box opens.

3.  Then select Managed lanes.

4.  Hold down the Ctrl key and in the Network Editor right-click the desired link or connector on the desired position of the routing decision cross section.

5.  Release the keys.

The link or connector is displayed in red. A turquoise bar is added for the destination section by default. It superimposes the purple bar of the managed lanes routing decision.

6.  On the desired link, point the mouse pointer to the desired position of the destination section.

On the edge of the link, which you are pointing to with the mouse pointer, a black arrow is shown in the direction of travel. The turquoise bar shows the possible position of the destination section.

7.  Right-click the position.

The shortcut menu opens.

8.  Then select Add managed lane route: Define end.

The managed lane route continues to be displayed in red. The turquoise bar for the destination section is inserted. The Managed lanes routing decisions list opens, if automatic opening of a list after object generation is selected (Right-click behavior and action after creating an object). The attribute and attribute values of this network object type are shown in the list on the left, which consists of two coupled lists. In the Managed Lane Routes list on the right, a new row with a vehicle routing decision of the type Toll is created. Next, in the Network editor, add the respective vehicle routing decision type General purpose.

9.  Right-click the turquoise bar of the destination section.

The shortcut menu opens.

10.  Select Add vehicle route to existing destination.

The toll-free route on the toll route is highlighted in green. In the Managed Lane Routes list, a new row, with a vehicle routing decision of the type Toll, is inserted.

By default, the course of the toll route and the toll-free route is identical up to their destination section. You can have one of these two routes run along a different link sequence that starts at the same managed lanes routing decision and ends at the common destination section. This allows you, for example, to model the section of a highway that has a toll lane parallel to toll-free lanes (Modeling a separate route course for the toll route and toll-free route).

11.  Edit the attributes (Attributes of managed lanes routing decisions), (Attributes of managed lane routes).