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THE MANY TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY FORMULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED HAVE STIMULATED MUCH FUNDAMENTAL THINKING ON IMPORTANT PHASES OF TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS BASED MAINLY ON MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BUT NONE SEEMS AS YET TO BE GREATLY SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER. HUMAN FACTOR CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN SOME BUT ACCORDED A MINOR ROLE IN MOST. THE PRESENT PAPER PROPOSES CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF TRAFFIC FLOW BY THE INVESTIGATOR. MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED FROM THESE ARE OFFERED AS IMPORTANT FOR TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY. DISCONTINUITIES IN CERTAIN PREVIOUS DATA MAY BE EXPLAINABLE ON THE BASIS OF THESE HUMAN FACTOR VARIABLES. /AUTHOR/

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01409987

English

pp 60-66

1963

Highway Research Record

Digital/other

Appendices (1) ; Figures (3)

Experiments; Human factors; Mathematical analysis; Physical condition; Traffic flow; Traffic flow theory

Experimental data

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors

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