THE PREDICTION OF TRAFFIC PEAK SHAPES FROM HOURLY FLOW COUNTS

An analysis of five-minute traffic flow counts has been made for 166 peak periods. A normal function relating the flow to the time was found to give good fits to the data. Methods have been developed for predicting the parameters specifying is given which implements these methods and allows a is given which implements these methods and allows A detailed peak profile to be synthesised from a given set of four consecutive hourly flows. The primary application will be in traffic delay and queue prediction for road junctions. (Author/TRRL)

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • BURROW, I J
  • KIMBER, R M
  • HOFFMANN, N
  • Wills, D
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transport and Road Research Laboratory
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Calculation; Forecasting; Methodology; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Queuing; Queuing theory; Theory; Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic forecasting
• Old TRIS Terms: Queueing theory
• ITRD Terms: 6464: Calculation; 9010: Delay; 132: Forecast; 9102: Method; 612: Peak hour; 6594: Queue; 9078: Theory; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373970
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: SR 765 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM