HUMAN FACTOR CONSIDERATIONS IN TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY

THE MANY TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY FORMULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED HAVE STIMULATED MUCH FUNDAMENTAL THINKING ON IMPORTANT PHASES OF TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS BASED MAINLY ON MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BUT NONE SEEMS AS YET TO BE GREATLY SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER. HUMAN FACTOR CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN SOME BUT ACCORDED A MINOR ROLE IN MOST. THE PRESENT PAPER PROPOSES CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF TRAFFIC FLOW BY THE INVESTIGATOR. MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED FROM THESE ARE OFFERED AS IMPORTANT FOR TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY. DISCONTINUITIES IN CERTAIN PREVIOUS DATA MAY BE EXPLAINABLE ON THE BASIS OF THESE HUMAN FACTOR VARIABLES. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Forbes, T W
• Publication Date: 1963

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: pp 60-66
• Monograph Title: Traffic flow theory
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experiments; Human factors; Mathematical analysis; Physical condition; Traffic flow; Traffic flow theory
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experimental data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226985
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:55PM