A Cellular Automata Model of Traffic Flow with Consideration of Distribution of Time to Collision

Studies have shown that the indicator "time to collision" (abbreviated as TTC) can be used to judge whether a following car is safe for drivers. By collecting data relating to behavioral driving characteristics under real road traffic conditions, the authors found that the distributions of TTC for different kinds of drivers are quite different: novice drivers accounted for a smaller proportion of TTC values during a smaller time range than experienced drivers did. Combined with the slow-to-start rule and safe stopping time, an improved NaSch cellular automata model of traffic flow emphasizing safe driving behavior is presented, by considering the distributions of TTC. The results of the numerical simulation show that the improved model can reproduce metastability, hysteresis and phase-separation phenomena observed in real traffic. Furthermore, the probability of sudden deceleration is reduced significantly and vehicles are evenly distributed on the road compared with the NaSch model.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412442.078
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  • © 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Yang, Haifei
  • Lu, Jian
  • Jiang, Jun
  • Zhan, Xiaomin
• Conference:
  • Twelfth COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
  • Location: Beijing , China
  • Date: 2012-8-3 to 2012-8-6
• Publication Date: 2012-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 764-773
• Monograph Title: CICTP 2012: Multimodal Transportation Systems—Convenient, Safe, Cost-Effective, Efficient

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car following; Cellular automata; Crash risk forecasting; Stopping distances; Traffic distribution; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Vehicle spacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I71: Traffic Theory; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500328
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784412442
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 12 2013 2:35PM