FREELY FLOWING TRAFFIC WITH JOURNEYS OF FINITE LENGTHS

The cars are considered as points on an infinite road with no intersections. They can overtake each other without any delay and they travel at constant speeds. Contrary to earlier models the journeys are of finite lengths. The speeds and journey lengths are independent identically distributed random variables also independent of the initial positions in the time-road-plane of the vehicles. These positions are assumed to be distributed according to a Poisson process in r2. The model is analyzed with respect to observations at a time point or at a point of the road and further overtakings and single accidents are considered. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Thedeen, T
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 13-16
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Length; Mathematical models; Passing; Poisson distributions; Speed; Speed distribution; Statistical distributions; Time; Traffic flow; Travel; Travel time; Trip length
• Old TRIS Terms: Poissons distribution
• ITRD Terms: 6572: Distribution (stat); 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6488: Length; 6473: Mathematical model; 1822: Overtaking; 5408: Speed; 5414: Time; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137737
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM