A STATISTICAL THEORY OF TRAFFIC FLOW ON HIGHWAYS - PART I, STEADY STATE FLOW IN LOW-DENSITY LIMIT
A SIMPLE BUT REALISTIC MODEL OF TRAFFIC FLOW ON HIGHWAYS IS DEVELOPED FOR ANALYSIS BY AN INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED THEORY. THE MODEL UTILIZES A DISTRIBUTION OF DESIRED SPEEDS BY THE CARS AND CERTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PASSING BEHAVIOR OF THE CARS.STEADY-STATE FLOW ON UNIFORM ROADWAYS IS TREATED IN THE LIMIT OF DENSITIES SO LOW THAT NO QUEUING NEED BE CONSIDERED. CORRECTIONS TO THE DESIRED LANE BEHAVIOR CAUSED BY PASSING ARE FORMULATED EXPLICITLY, AND EXAMPLES ARE WORKED OUT FOR BOTH CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE VELOCITY SPACES. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
System Development Corporation
2500 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA United States 90409Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Andrews, F C
- Publication Date: 1969-3-1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Passing; Physical distribution; Speed; Statistics; Steady state; Theory; Traffic flow
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227286
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
- Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Memo Tm-3858/011/00
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM