PLATOON DYNAMICS ON SIGNAL CONTROLLED ARTERIALS
Car path, platoon length, and flow rate equations are developed for the purpose of studying the platoon dynamics at signalized traffic links. The basic modeling is macroscopic in nature and is based on the formation of shock waves generated within the link due to the intermittent service of traffic by the signals. The analysis reveals not only platoon dispersion but also platoon compression, a phenomenon already observed but not previously described mathematically. It is demonstrated that compression does not only occur to platoons entering the link in red but also to those entering in green even in the absence of a downstream signal. Numerical examples are also presented for demonstrating the applicability of the theory.
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Operations Research Society of America
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Authors:
- Michalopoulos, P G
- Pisharody, V
- Publication Date: 1980-11
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 365-396
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Serial:
- Transportation Science
- Volume: 14
- Issue Number: 4
- 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: Compression; Equations; Flow; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Highway traffic control; Mathematical models; Red interval (Traffic signal cycle); Research; Signalized intersections; Traffic control devices; Traffic flow theory; Traffic platooning; Traffic signal cycle; Traffic simulation; Traffic surveys; Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Flow rate
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00334762
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM