Stability Analysis of Mixed Traffic Flow using Car-Following Models on Trajectory Data

There is an increase in the need to understand traffic flow behavior through multiple fronts, especially in developing countries like India, where a high degree of heterogeneity, non-lane-discipline, and non-compliance to traffic rules prevail in the road sections. As a result, it can impact the stability of the traffic stream. Four car...

Observability based data-fusion cascading filtering for urban network flow estimation

In this work we extend our previously proposed cascading Kalman filtering technique, applied to the problem of urban network flow estimation, to adopt heterogeneous traf- fic data sources. Both static infrastructure detection (double induction loops) and Floating Car Data are collected from a given transportation network, and employed within...

Voronoi densities for bicylists: adaptation for finite object size and speed

Density is one of the most relevant variables in a traffic flow description. For objects in 2 dimensions, density can be determined by the space that is allocated to each of the objects. This paper introduces a new way of computing the space available for a bicyclist, accounting for speed and accounting for the non-zero size of a bicycle. This...

Departure rates optimization and perimeter control: Comparison and cooperation in a multi-region urban network

With the renewed interest in the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) in the last decade, studies on network-level urban traffic control have increased in popularity. A popular urban traffic control approach is perimeter control, in which vehicle accumulation is kept below some critical accumulation value. An alternative control strategy is to...

Urban Mobility Observatory

The Urban Mobility Observatory (UMO) will gather, store, and disseminate empirical multi-modal traffic, transport and mobility data, using a well-balanced set of innovative data collection methods. It will make these comprehensive data available for scientific research to develop and test new theories and models to better understand, predict and...

Empirical MFDs using Google Traffic Data

<br/>The Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) describes the relation between accumulation and speed in a zone. While theoretically expected, empirical validations have been done with limited numbers of floating car (e.g., taxi) data, and loop detectors. This paper will verify existence, shape and crispness of the MFD using Floating Car Data ...

Capacity drops at merges: Analytical expressions for multilane freeways

This paper deals with the derivation of analytical formulae to estimate the effective capacity at freeway merges in a multilane context. It extends two previous papers that are based on the same modeling framework but that are restricted to a single lane on the freeway (or to the analysis of the right lane only). The analytical expression for...

Human Factors of Automated Driving: Predicting the Effects of Authority Transitions on Traffic Flow Efficiency

Automated driving potentially has a significant impact on traffic flow efficiency. Automated vehicles, which possess cooperative capabilities, are expected to reduce congestion levels for instance by increasing road capacity, by anticipating traffic conditions further downstream and also by accelerating the clearance of congestion. However, the...

Human factors of automated driving: Towards predicting the effects of authority transitions on traffic flow efficiency

Introducing the Core Probability Framework and Discrete-Element Core Probability Model for efficient stochastic macroscopic modelling

In this contribution the Core Probability Framework (CPF) is introduced with the application of the Discrete-Element Core Probability Model (DE-CPM) as a new DNL for dynamic macroscopic modelling of stochastic traffic flow. The model is demonstrated for validation in a test case and for computational efficiency on two simple networks. The CPF...

Modeling driving behavior and traffic flow at sags (paper)

Sags are freeway sections along which gradient changes significantly from downwards to upwards. Sags are often bottlenecks in freeway networks. Capacity decreases due to changes in car-following behavior. We present a microscopic traffic flow model that describes driving behavior and traffic flow dynamics at sags. The model includes a new...

Empirical analysis of heterogeneous traffic flow

Traffic flow in many developing countries is strongly mixed comprising vehicle types, such as motorcycles, cars, (mini) buses, and trucks; furthermore, traffic flow typically exhibits free inter-lane exchanges. This phenomenon causes a complex vehicle interaction, rendering most existing traffic flow modeling approaches insufficient and...

Reducing travel delay by in-car advice on speed, headway and lane use based on downstream traffic flow conditions - a simulation study

A new advisory ADAS system is implemented in micro simulation to asses the effects on traffic flow as well as on safety. The system uses loop detector data from which situations may be recognized where advices are given to drivers in-car. Advice is given on speed, headway and lane use. Effectively the system allows drivers to respond to...

Fastlane: Traffic flow modeling and multi-class dynamic traffic management

Dynamic Traffic Management (DTM) aims to improve traffic conditions. DTM usually consists of two steps: first the current traffic is estimated, then appropriate control actions are determined based on that estimate. In order to estimate and control the traffic, a suitable traffic flow model that reproduces the properties of traffic well must be...

Computational modelling of traffic flows

A model of transient single-lane traffic flows is proposed, taking into account the basic components used to control road traffic (traffic lights and “sleeping policemen”), which is radically different from those traditionally considered in continuum mechanics. The model takes into account the main property of traffic flows, namely, the property...

THE M10 AMSTERDAM ORBITAL MOTORWAY: EFFECTS OF OPENING UPON TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR

INLEIDING EN HOOFDLIJNEN, STUDIE EFFECTEN OPENSTELLING RINGWEG AMSTERDAM.; INTRODUCTION AND MAIN LINES, STUDY EFFECTS OF OPENING ORBITAL MOTORWAY AMSTERDAM.