Assessment of the impact of intersection interaction in road networks

The article presents a method for assessing the mutual interaction of intersections in road networks. The presented procedure allows for determining the measures of this interaction and their values based on the results of traffic microsimulation. The procedure examining the impact of intersection network configuration uses traffic relationships that can be established within a road system. An analogy to so-called commonality coefficients occurring in other fields of knowledge (economics, biology, social sciences) is used here. Traffic relationships are determined based on microsimulation results using popular traffic models. Traffic interaction measures in the road system are estimated based on traffic relationship matrices. The impact assessment is based on spatial analysis algorithms. Traffic relationship matrices are indexed taking into account the presence of correlated areas within them. The identification of traffic relationships aims to adapt traffic organization to existing needs in this area.INTRODUCTION
The primary objective of activities in the sphere of transport system optimization should be balancing social needs regarding access to road infrastructure. This access is understood as the ability to fulfill specific communication motivations of road users at the time and place of their choosing.
Currently, several factors shaping the demand for access to road infrastructure require special attention. These factors include new technological solutions (e.g., intelligent vehicles and area control systems), the increase in the motorization rate, the micro and macroeconomic situation, the increase in the mobility rate of residents, and the relocation of traffic generators and absorbers in the settlement network.
For entities managing road infrastructure, parameters related to the increase in the mobility rate of residents and the relocation of traffic generators and absorbers are particularly important [2]. The significance of these parameters is crucial in the case of modernization and expansion of traffic control systems and changes in their organization. Unfortunately, usually, actions in this sphere, instead of anticipating these changes (…)

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