The Fleetwood Peninsula/ A585 S-PARAMICS
model was built on behalf of the Highways Agency (area 13) in order to investigate the impact of potential developments and
highway improvement schemes on the performance of the A585 and local trunk roads.
It covers an area of over 50 km^2 and includes all roads, traffic signals ,pedestrian crossings, trams and
other public transport.
When we were asked
to expand the existing model to include the full length of the A585, we suggested to the client that we should model the entire
peninsula. This simplified the prior matrix build and also included alternative routes to the A585.
The result was a robust validated model which has been used to apply for DfT 'pinch point' funding
for a number of schemes. It has also been used as a design tool to tweak proposed highway improvements so that the final designs
are as efficient as possible.
