FORMULATING A MODEL OF MULTILANE TRAFFIC FLOW

A FORMULATION OF A MODEL OF MULTILANE TRAFFIC USING MARKOV RENEWAL THEORY IS PRESENTED. THE MODEL CONSIDERS THE MOVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES WITHIN A GIVEN TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DESCRIBED BY A BIVARIATE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF PLATOON LENGTHS AND SPEEDS. OUTPUTS OF THE MODEL WILL NOT INCLUDE AVERAGE VEHICLE SPEED, VEHICLE DELAY, AND LANE-CHANGING INTENSITIES AND PATTERNS. THE BASIC FRAMEWORK PRESENTED WILL ACCEPT ANY SETS OF VEHICLE BEHAVIORAL RULES AND IS VALID FOR ANY NUMBER OF LANES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1970/334/334-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Theory of Traffic Flow. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Bullen, A G R
  • Worrall, R D
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 34-38
• Monograph Title: Traffic flow theory
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 334
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Markov chains; Mathematical models; Multilane highways; One way traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic platooning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227307
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM