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This study aims to develop a microscopic model depicting the traffic flow, where motorcycles and passenger cars are mixed. In the model, both behaviors of motorcycles and passenger cars are represented by considering the interaction between them. Concretely, the non-lane based discrete choice approach is applied, because (i) in the mixed traffic flow with motorcycles most vehicles do not follow the lane markings and (ii) the discrete choice approach can represent the highly flexible movement and capture the characteristics of the drivers perception of surrounding traffic situation appropriately. The model parameters are specified by using the vehicle trajectory data observed at Hanoi. As a result, it is found that the discrete choice approach is useful to model mixed traffic flow and that while a rider of a motorcycle pays much attention to the surrounding passenger cars, a driver of a passenger car pays less attention to the surrounding motorcycles.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB45 Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics.

01503729

14-4846

English

18p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Automobiles; Discrete systems; Motorcycles; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Vehicle mix

Hanoi (Vietnam)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4846

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 3:42PM