MODELING OF TRAFFIC FLOW AT SIGNALIZED LINKS

A rigorous mathematical modeling and analysis of the traffic dynamics downstream of traffic signals and in links between signalized intersections is presented. The approach taken is macroscopic in nature and traffic is treated as a continuum fluid. The existence and behavior of shock waves generated periodically downstream of a traffic signal is demonstrated and analytical expressions are derived for describing their propagation along the road. The formation and dissipation of traffic queues at the downstream signal in both time and space is studied and analytical expressions are presented for describing the evolution of the tail end of the queue in time. A methodology for numerical solution to the problem is presented along with numerical examples.

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• Authors:
  • Michalopoulos, P G
  • Stephanopoulos, G
  • Pisharody, V B
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 9-41
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway operations; Highway transportation; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Operations research; Queuing; Roads; Signalized intersections; Traffic control devices; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Traffic surveys
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic operations research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325076
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 529
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1984 12:00AM