A STUDY OF TRAFFIC FLOWS IN TWO UNIDIRECTIONAL LANES

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON FOUR-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAYS. SPECIAL EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THE LANE CHANGING MANEUVERS. EXPERIMENTAL TRAFFIC FLOW FIELD DATA WAS TAKEN AT FIVE LOCATIONS AND LANE CHANGING DATA WAS OBTAINED AT THREE LOCATIONS. USING THE LANE CHANGING MODELS, A SIMPLE FORMULATION OF TWO-LANE DELAYS WAS DEVELOPED WHICH MODELED THE DELAY CAUSED BY TRUCKS ON UPGRADE SECTIONS OF ROADWAY. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Bpr C-3-2, STATE 1/5/
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914
• Authors:
  • Oliver, R M
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Divided highways; Field studies; Four lane highways; Mathematical models; Slopes; Traffic delays; Traffic lanes; Traffic simulation; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Field data; Grade (Slope)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227002
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:46PM