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Reproducibility of Flow-Density Relations in Heavily Congested Flow Based on Individual Vehicle Data
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01031463

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Abstract:

The flow–density relations represent equilibrium relations between flow and density in the stationary state. Using individual vehicle data, this paper extends to heavily congested flow the reproducibility of the flow–density relations found by Cassidy. A new filtering method using standard deviations of traffic variables in a vehicle group built from individual vehicle data is proposed to distinguish the nearly stationary state from the nonstationary state. The traffic data collected from the nearly stationary state with this filtering method show significantly smaller data scattering than do those without filtering in heavily congested flow, even though the data aggregation interval is kept at the same level. This fact indicates that a reproducible flow–density relation also exists in heavily congested flow if the traffic data are collected in the nearly stationary state

Monograph Title:

Traffic Flow Theory 2006

Monograph Accession #:

01037212

Language:

English

Authors:

Kim, Youngho
Hall, Fred L.

Pagination:

pp 32-39

Publication Date:

2006

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 1965
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309099749

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (16)

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:16AM

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