Tutorials

Basic OPT instructions

Lesson 1: Traffic Operations and Bottleneck Identification

Lesson 2: Model Creation in OPT

• • The configuration file of the lesson can be downloaded from here

  • Tutorial videos that are helpful for this lesson can be found here

Lesson 3: Model calibration and validation in OPT

• • The configuration file of the lesson can be downloaded from here

Lesson 4: Methodologies and Algorithms in OPT

2020-06-23: Building a simulation model from scratch, specifying routes of interest, running simulation and viewing results. For hands-on experience, please, use the 2020-06-22 release that you can obtain from the Downloads page.

2020-02-06: Running simulation, setting up ramp meters and editing ramp metering schedule. For hands-on experience, please, use the 2020-02-06 release that you can obtain from the Downloads page.

2019-10-24: Setting vehicle types, assigning road parameters, entering traffic demand and splits in OPT. For hands-on experience, please, use the 2019-10-21 release that you can obtain from the Downloads page.

2019-08-21: Building freeway networks with OPT. For hands-on experience, please, use the 2019-08-19 release that you can obtain from the Downloads page.