FREEWAY TRAFFIC OSCILLATIONS: OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS

The paper reports on a study of freeway traffic in long queues. Described is the site used for the study and the time spent on collecting the traffic data. Presented are several notable features observed in the oscillations; evidence that the oscillations were triggered by vehicle lane changing is provided; and also demonstrated is that the oscillations propagated through queued traffic closely matched the descriptions of simple theories. Brief discussion is provided of some of the implications of these findings.

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  http://www.uctc.net/papers/709.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Mauch, M
  • Cassidy, M J
• Conference:
  • Transportation and Traffic Theory in the 21st Century. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory
  • Location: University of South Australia in Adelaide, Austral
  • Date: 2002-7-16 to 2002-7-18
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 653-673

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeways; Lane changing; Oscillation; Queuing; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00929757
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080439268
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 5 2002 12:00AM