A Macroscopic Flow Model for Mixed Bicycle–Car Traffic

Wierbos, M.J.; Knoop, V.L.; Hanseler, F.S.; Hoogendoorn, S.P.

doi:10.1080/23249935.2019.1708512

A Macroscopic Flow Model for Mixed Bicycle–Car Traffic

Title

A Macroscopic Flow Model for Mixed Bicycle–Car Traffic

Author

Wierbos, M.J. (TU Delft Transport and Planning)
Knoop, V.L. (TU Delft Transport and Planning)
Hanseler, F.S. (TU Delft Transport and Planning)
Hoogendoorn, S.P. (TU Delft Transport and Planning)

Department

Transport and Planning

Date

2020

Abstract

Bicycles are gaining popularity as a mode of transport resulting in a mixed bicycle–car traffic situation on urban roads. Cyclists however, are hardly included in traffic flow models which complicates the design of safe and congestion-free traffic situations. This work introduces class-specific speed functions based on two variables, being space headway for both cars and cyclists. This enables the macroscopic modelling of mixed bicycle–car traffic. The multi-class macroscopic flow model is successfully tested for different traffic situations that occur on urban roads where cyclists and cars share the same infrastructure, e.g. cyclists overtaking a queue of cars and cars overtaking cyclists with reduced speed. The mixed bicycle–car flow model allows travel time estimation of both classes, which in turn can be used to evaluate the overall performance of a mixed traffic road.

Subject

bicycle
class-specific speed function
Macroscopic flow model
mixed traffic

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2019.1708512

ISSN

2324-9935

Source

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 17 (3), 340-355

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