A FURTHER PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING SPEED DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS IN UNI-DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC STREAMS USING THE MOVING OBSERVER METHOD

Methods of deriving the space mean speed and amount of traffic in uni-directional streams using the moving observer technique have been described elsewhere. This paper explains a mathematically exact method of obtaining the standard deviation of the speeds. It should replace the empirical solutions recently proposed by several authors. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Bennett, T H
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 205-207
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Average; Dispersion (Statistics); Physical distribution; Speed; Speed distribution; Standard deviation; Traffic volume
• ITRD Terms: 6549: Average; 6512: Dispersion (stat); 9016: Distribution (gen); 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164358
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM