FREEWAY CONTROL AND INCIDENT DETECTION USING A STOCHASTIC CONTINUUM THEORY OF TRAFFIC FLOW

A continuum model for freeway traffic flow is considered which contains a relaxation to equilibrium speed in anticipation of traffic change downstream. By including fluctuations the traffic flow model allows one to calculate speed distributions and derive early warning criteria. Sensor specification for traffic data acquisition on the basis of the derived incident detection and the equipment of a traffic control center are described

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1989 Published By: AATT Secretariat, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

  Department of Systems Engineering
  Towne Building
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19104-6315

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 110 Eighth Street
  Troy, NY  United States  12180

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, P.O. Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  Monash University

  Accident Research Centre
  Building 70
  Clayton, Victoria  Australia  3800
• Authors:
  • Kuhne, Reinhart D
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering (1st : 1989 : San Diego, Calif.)
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 287-292

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeways; Motor vehicles; Speed; Traffic control centers; Traffic flow; Traffic speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00785085
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM