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Modeling U-turn traffic flow

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  • Combinido, Jay Samuel L.
  • Lim, May T.

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Median U-turns are sometimes installed to improve the traffic flow at busy intersections by eliminating left turns. Using a microscopic traffic model, we confirmed the presence of transitions from free flow to congested flow with increasing car inflow density. In addition, our proposed rules inside a U-turn curve, which accounted for safety issues and an asymmetric lane changing behavior (outer-to-inner vs. inner-to-outer lane transitions), predicted the speed distribution of cars after the U-turn curve. We found that U-turn curves installed for improving traffic flow at busy intersections produced their desired effects only when there is minimal interaction between cars.

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  • Combinido, Jay Samuel L. & Lim, May T., 2010. "Modeling U-turn traffic flow," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 389(17), pages 3640-3647.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:389:y:2010:i:17:p:3640-3647
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.04.009
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    1. Dailisan, Damian N. & Lim, May T., 2020. "Crossover transitions in a bus–car mixed-traffic cellular automata model," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 557(C).
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    4. Binghong Pan & Shasha Luo & Jinfeng Ying & Yang Shao & Shangru Liu & Xiang Li & Jiaqi Lei, 2021. "Evaluation and Analysis of CFI Schemes with Different Length of Displaced Left-Turn Lanes with Entropy Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-27, June.

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