“Rahmi is by far the most knowledgeable and experienced person I know in traffic signal timing analysis.”
About
Dr Rahmi Akçelik is a leading scientist and software developer with over 50 years of practical, research and training experience in the area of road traffic operations, traffic engineering, management and control. He is Director of Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd (trading as SIDRA SOLUTIONS). Dr Akçelik has about 350 technical publications in his area of expertise. He is the author of the SIDRA INTERSECTION and SIDRA TRIP software packages.
Awards received by Rahmi include the 2014 Roads Australia Award for Technical Excellence in recognition of the exceptional achievement of an individual in a technical or scientific area relevant to transport, the 2008 ITE ANZ Contribution to the Transportation Profession Award, the 1999 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award for outstanding contribution to the application of science and technology, and the 1986 ITE US Transportation Energy Conservation Award for research into energy savings from urban traffic management.
Dr Akçelik served as member of the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service (HCQS) and its subcommittees, and Committee on Traffic Signal Systems. He made various contributions to the US Highway Capacity Manual. Since 2000, he has trained over 6,000 professionals in about 350 workshops, courses and seminars on the SIDRA INTERSECTION software use.
Business Awards to Akcelik & Associates Pty Ltd (SIDRA SOLUTIONS):
2010 Telstra Business Award - Victorian AMP Innovation Award (Winner) (July 2010).
2009 Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Small Business Award (Winner) (October 2009).
2009 Telstra Business Awards - Small Business Award to (Finalist) (July 2009).
2008 Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Small Business Award (Commendee) (October 2008).
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Are arrival headway distribution models important for capacity and performance estimation? Headway distributions have a significant role in traffic…
Are arrival headway distribution models important for capacity and performance estimation? Headway distributions have a significant role in traffic…
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Thank you Andy. We are improving this new training program continuously in response to comments from our colleagues who attend. First introduced in…
Thank you Andy. We are improving this new training program continuously in response to comments from our colleagues who attend. First introduced in…
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SIDRA Online Training events are coming soon (29 May – 21 June) A reminder to SIDRA users about the last opportunity this year to attend our online…
SIDRA Online Training events are coming soon (29 May – 21 June) A reminder to SIDRA users about the last opportunity this year to attend our online…
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A dilemma in traffic model calibration Model calibration is important in assessing the ability of your traffic model to replicate existing traffic…
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SIDRA Multimodal Capacity and Performance Analysis for Roundabouts We were invited to give a SIDRA presentation at a session on multimodal capacity…
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