THEORY-BUILDING WITH SHORT, NORMAL OR LONG-FOLLOWING CAR DRIVERS

THEORIEVORMING MET HET KORT, NORMAAL OF LANG VOLGEN DOOR AUTOMOBILISTEN

On the basis of measurements on the road of cars, with drivers instructed to car-follow in different ways, three types of car-following have been identified: short-following (headway less than 2 s), normal-following (between 1 and 4 s) and long-following (between 4 and 8 s). With an estimation of the distribution of the three car-following types per road lane type and volume we try to explain phenomena such as capacity-funnelling (Buckley & Yager) and the "two regimes-theory" (Ceder & May), and the probability of hourly volumes greater than saturation flow ("capacity"). (TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference papers of the Working Days on Traffic Engineer 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Werkdagcommissie

  P. O. Box 163
  Driebergen-Rijsenbur,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • WESTLAND, D
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 781-798
• Serial:
  • Bijdragen Verkeerskundige Werkdagen 1983
  • Publisher: Werkdagcommissie

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bunching; Car following; Conferences; Drivers; Forecasting; Headways; Highway capacity; Measurement; Percent saturation; Speed; Time; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Traffic volume; Vehicle spacing
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 652: Bunching; 643: Capacity (road, footway); 8525: Conference; 132: Forecast; 6136: Measurement; 8078: Netherlands; 5408: Speed; 5414: Time; 673: Traffic concentration; 671: Traffic flow; 694: Vehicle spacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382925
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-6628-2CPL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM