Technical Note 24

Abu Dhabi 2030 Highway network

This brief note provides a description of the Abu Dhabi 2030 network and of the format of its database.
1 Network
The Abu Dhabi 2030 Highway network is composed of nodes and links with various attributes defining the
network hierarchy and performances.
It is derived from the multimodal network of the STMP enhanced model version 6.0.3
2 Database
The database is composed of 5 tables (2 for the nodes and 3 for the links) with the following field structure:
Nodes
2030_centroids
Type
Field Name
Description
Integer Centroid ID
Node
Real
Xcoord
X-coordinate of node (horizontal axis) in km
Real
Ycoord
Y-coordinate of node (vertical axis) in km
2030_nodes
Type
Field Name
Description
Integer Node ID
Node
Real
Xcoord
X-coordinate of node (horizontal axis) in km
Real
Ycoord
Y-coordinate of node (vertical axis) in km
The coordinates system is WGS-1984 (zone 40N) and the node coordinates are expressed in km
Links
2030_links

Field Name
From
To
Length
Link Type
Lanes
Area Type
Speed
Capacity

Type
Integer
Integer
Real
Integer
Real
Integer
Real
Real

Description
Link i Node
Link j Node
Link length in km
Performance category (see table Link Type)
Number of lanes
Area category (see table Area Type)
Free Flow Speed in km/h
Link total capacity in vehicles/hour
Link Type

Field Name
Link Type
Description

Type
Description
Integer Performance category numerical ID
Text
Description of the performance category

DMCPKS/243011/10 February 2009

Area Type
Type
Field Name
Description
Integer Area category numerical ID
Area type
Text
Description
Description of the Area category
The link performance properties depend on its functional characteristics and spatial location.
Table 2.1 and 2.2 show the relationship between Link type, Area Type, Speed and Capacity.
Table 2.1 Link type and Capacity

Link Type

Description

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Expressway
Direct Ramp
Loop ramp
Arterial
Collector
Local Road
Centroid Connector

Capacity
(Vehicles/hour/lane)
2000
1500
1200
1200
800
600
99999

Table 2.2 Free flow Speed for Link Types by Area

Link Type
Expressway
Direct Ramp
Loop ramp
Arterial
Collector
Local Road
Centroid Connector

DMCPKS/243011/10 February 2009

Rural
100
95
60
85
80
60
60

Free Flow Speed (km/h)

Suburban
Urban
95
90
90
80
50
45
75
60
70
50
50
45
50
40

CBD
80
70
40
50
40
40
30