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Two-lane traffic simulations with a blockage induced by an accident car

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  • Zhu, H.B.
  • Lei, L.
  • Dai, S.Q.

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Based on the two-lane traffic model proposed by Chowdhury et al., a highway traffic model with a blockage induced by an accident car is proposed, in which both symmetric lane changing rules and asymmetric lane changing rules are adopted. The fundamental diagrams and spatial-temporal profiles are presented after the numerical simulation and the jam transition is studied. It is shown that the accident car not only causes a local jam behind the accident car, but also causes vehicles to cluster in the bypass lane. The asymmetric lane changing rules are more advantageous in reducing the local jam than the symmetric lane changing rules when the accident car is in the right lane, and the symmetric lane changing rules are superior when the accident car is in the left lane. Furthermore the curves of lane-changing frequency against the total density are given. It is found that the vehicles will change lane more frequently when traffic is inhomogeneous with different types of vehicle or with an accident car.

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  • Zhu, H.B. & Lei, L. & Dai, S.Q., 2009. "Two-lane traffic simulations with a blockage induced by an accident car," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(14), pages 2903-2910.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:388:y:2009:i:14:p:2903-2910
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.01.040
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    1. Chen, Chen & Chen, Jianqiao & Guo, Xiwei, 2010. "Influences of overtaking on two-lane traffic with signals," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 389(1), pages 141-148.
    2. Davis, L.C., 2016. "Improving traffic flow at a 2-to-1 lane reduction with wirelessly connected, adaptive cruise control vehicles," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 451(C), pages 320-332.
    3. Hou, Guangyang & Chen, Suren & Bao, Yulong, 2022. "Development of travel time functions for disrupted urban arterials with microscopic traffic simulation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 593(C).
    4. Junwei Zeng & Yongsheng Qian & Bingbing Wang & Tingjuan Wang & Xuting Wei, 2019. "The Impact of Traffic Crashes on Urban Network Traffic Flow," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-14, July.

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