The BERNARD Gruppe was commissioned by the city council of Bremerhaven to carry out a traffic simulation study for the Georgstraße road section between Georg-Seebeck-Straße and Nansenstraße.
The road geometry in this area will be changed as part of the construction of the new police station. The bus lane running in the opposite direction will be removed, so that buses traveling out of town will have their own lane up to the Nansenstrasse intersection. To ensure an efficient traffic flow, the currently unsignalized intersection Georgstraße / Nansenstraße will be equipped with traffic lights and simulated in a traffic study including the surrounding road network. The aim of the measure is to coordinate the two signalized intersections in such a way that safety-critical situations and congestions are avoided. In addition, public transport priority will be implemented in the control system and the traffic lights will be equipped with a congestion detection system.
Traffic counts will be carried out in advance at the two intersections to include current daily traffic data in the simulation. In consultation with the urban planning office, a forecast factor will be defined to take account of the shipyard quarters, and it will be included in the traffic load on Nansenstrasse.
The BERNARD Gruppe is responsible for the traffic study, including the implementation of traffic counts, the development of the control logic for the traffic lights, and the simulation of the traffic flow. The modeling will be carried out using the simulation software VISSIM, whereby realistic traffic flows will be depicted. 20 simulation runs will be carried out in which travel times, lost times and traffic queue lengths will be analyzed. Finally, the results will be documented and presented graphically.
Hendrik Pierer, BERNARD Gruppe
Photo: © Bianca Lukat – Magistrat der Stadt Bremerhaven
