● To provide a computer-based urban traffic network model framework
● To simulate both the within-day and day-to-day dynamics in the transport systems
● To test theory of traffic analysis and modelling
● To study real-time traffic control on congestion and new Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), e.g.
Responsive traffic signal control
Congestion-based road pricing
Intelligent Speed Adaptation
Adaptive cruise control
Explicit representation of variability and real-time dynamics
Traffic simulation based on car-following, lane-changing models
Detailed junction simulation
New models and applications can be readily adapted
Practical both for model development and in applications