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Chapter 6 Fundamental
Principles of Traffic Flow
Indicative Textbook:
Traffic and Highway Engineering Fifth Edition, by Nicholas
J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel, 2015.
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Contents
Traffic flow, density, and speed. Flow-density relationship, flow-speed
relationship, and speed-density relationship.
Mathematical traffic flow models (Greenshields and Greenberg
models).
A
The traffic flow at Section A = 5 60 = 300 vehicles/hour
2
= +
Garber and Sankar developed a more direct relationship using data
collected at several sites on freeways:
= 0.966 + 3.541; /
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Traffic Flow Elements (continue)
Time headway (h) is the difference between the time the front of a
vehicle arrives at a point on the highway and the time the front of the
next vehicle arrives at that same point.
Time headway is usually expressed in seconds.
Space headway (d) is the distance between the front of a vehicle and
the front of the following vehicle.
E D C B A y-y
x-x
221 515 764 1125 1470
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Solution (continue)
ut = (50+45+40+35+30) / 5 = 40 mi/h