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A Car-Following Theory for Multiphase Vehicular Traffic Flow

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  • Zhang, H. Michael
  • Kim, T.

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We present in this paper a new car-following theory that can reproduce both the so-called capacity drop and traffic hysteresis, two prominent features of multiphase vehicular traffic flow. This is achieved through the introduction of a single variable, driver response time, that depends on both vehicle spacing and traffic phase. By specifying different functional forms of response time, one can obtain not only brand new theories but also some of the well-known old car-following theories, which is demonstrated in this paper through both theoretical analyses and numerical simulation.

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  • Zhang, H. Michael & Kim, T., 2003. "A Car-Following Theory for Multiphase Vehicular Traffic Flow," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt9m6307tb, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Daganzo, Carlos F., 1999. "A Behavioral Theory of Multi-Lane Traffic Flow Part I: Long Homogeneous Freeway Sections," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt8n96n91w, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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