A STATISTICAL THEORY OF TRAFFIC FLOW ON HIGHWAYS- PART II, THREE-CAR INTERACTIONS AND THE ONSET OF QUEUING
THE MODEL OF TRAFFIC FLOW ON HIGHWAYS INTRODUCED IN A PREVIOUS PAPER (T-1089) IS ANALYZED IN THE FORM OF AN EXPANSION IN DENSITY FOR STEADY-STATE FLOW ON UNIFORM ROADWAYS. CORRECTIONS ARE DEVELOPED TO ACCOUNT FOR THREE-CAR INTERACTIONS, WHICH INVOLVE TWO-CAR QUEUES. THE INTERESTING PROBABILITIES ARE DERIVED TO THIS ORDER AND SAMPLES ARE WORKED OUT SHOWING THE INITIATION OF DECREASED AVERAGE SPEED DUE TO QUEUING. /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: 1969-5-15
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Average spot speed; Mathematical models; Queuing; Statistics; Steady state; Theory; Traffic flow
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227287
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
- Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Memo Tm-3858-015100
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM