LANE-CHANGE ON FREEWAYS - LANE-CHANGE MODELS AND FIELD STUDIES

KAISTANVAIHTO MOOTTORITEILLA - KAISTANVAIHTOMALLIT JA KENTTATUTKIMUS

The behaviour of an individual driver at the presence of external stimulus is an important part of microscopic simulation models. The main elements of this behaviour are acceleration and car following and lane-change decisions. The results of this study will be used for the devel-opment of a lane-change model for a microscopic traffic simulation program named HUTSIM, which was developed at the Laboratory of Transportation Engineering of Helsinki University of Technology. This study is a part of a greater research project to enlarge the application area of HUTSIM to freeway simulations. There are many ways to model lane changing: models can be microscopic or macroscopic and they can be based on e.g. probabilities or human behaviour. In addition, the sufficiency and the expediency of the model vary according to the respective problem. ln this study, as examples of different kinds of lane-change models, a macroscopic lane model based on a field study, microscopic lanechange models based on driver behaviour and headway acceptance, and a dynamic discrete lane choice model of freeways are presented. ln addition, the solutions to solve lane changing in four microscopic traffic simulation programs are presented. Besides presenting the models, a field study was done. The study has been granted European Union financial support.

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  TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)

  OPASTINSILTA 12 A
  HELSINKI,   Finland  FIN-00520
• Authors:
  • INNAMAA, S
  • HUTTUNEN, I
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 65+1a p.
• Serial:
  • TIELAITOKSEN SELVITYKSIA
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)
  • ISSN: 0788-3722

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Field tests; Freeways; Simulation; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Lane
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 8035: Finland; 6226: In situ; 9048: Modification; 2752: Motorway; 9103: Simulation; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790124
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• ISBN: 951-726-412-7
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 11 2000 12:00AM