Variations in parameters of time headway models according to macroscopic variables, fundamental diagram, and exogenous effects

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2260, 2011, Pages 102-112

  Ha, Duy Hung ^a,b   Aron, Maurice ^b   Cohen, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AGGREGATE TRAFFIC; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; HEADWAY DISTRIBUTION; MACROSCOPIC VARIABLES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; QUEUING MODELS; STANDARD CONDITIONS; TIME HEADWAY; TRAFFIC LEVELS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 83755219206     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2260-12     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Hoogendoorn, S. P., and P. H. L. Bovy. New Estimation Technique for Vehicle-Type-Specific Headway Distributions. In Transportation Research Record 1646, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1998, pp. 18-28. (Pubitemid 128563964)
2. Luttinen, R. Statistical Analysis of Vehicular Time Headways. PhD thesis. University of Technology Lahti Center, Lahti, Finland, 1996.
3. Ha, D.-H., M. Aron, and S. Cohen. Time Headway Variable and Probabilistic Modelling. Transportation Research Part C (in press).
4. Branston, D. Models of Single Lane Time Headway Distributions. Transportation Science, Vol. 10, No. 12, 1976, pp. 125-148.
5. Buckley, D. A Semi-Poisson Model of Traffic Flow. Transportation Science, Vol. 2, 1968, pp. 107-133.
6. Hoogendoorn, S. P., and H. Botma. Modeling and Estimation of Headway Distributions. In Transportation Research Record 1591, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1997, pp. 14-22. (Pubitemid 127562405)
7. May, A. Traffic Flow Fundamentals. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1990.
8. Krbalek, M., P. Seba, and P. Wagner. Headways in Traffic Flow: Remarks from a Physical Perspective. Physical Review E, Vol. 64, 2001, p. 066119.
9. Haight, F. A., B. F. Whisler, and W. W. Mosher. New Statistical Method for Describing Highway Distributions of Cars. In Highway Research Board Proceedings, Vol. 40, 1961, pp. 557-564.
10. Al-Ghamdi, A. S. Analysis of Time Headways on Urban Roads: Case Study from Riyadh. Transportation Engineering, Vol. 127, 2001, pp. 289-294. (Pubitemid 32624025)
11. Grecco, W., and E. Sword. Prediction of Parameters for Schuhl's Headway Distribution. Traffic Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 5, 1968, pp. 36-38.
12. Khasnabis, S., and C. L. Heimback. Headway-Distribution Models for Two-Lane Rural Highways. In Transportation Research Record 772, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1980, pp. 44-51. (Pubitemid 11517712)
13. Zwahlen, H. T., O. Erdinc, and K. R. Suravaram. Approximated Headway Distributions of Free-Flowing Traffic on Ohio Freeways for Work Zone Traffic Simulations. In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1999, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 131-140. (Pubitemid 351190539)
14. Ha, D.-H., M. Aron, and S. Cohen. Comparison of Time Headway Distribution in Different Traffic Contexts. Proceeding of the World Conference of Transportation Research, Vol. 1261, 2010.
15. Seddiki, E. Impact de la pluie sur le trafic autoroutier: Etude aux niveaux micro-, méso- et macroscopique. Recherche Transports Sécurité, Vol. 41, 1993, pp. 13-24.
16. Aron, M., M.-B. Biecheler, and J.-F. Peytavin. Observatoire des vitesses et des interdistances sur autoroutes. INRETS, Paris, 1997.
17. Banks, J. H. Average Time Gaps in Congested Freeway Flow. Transportation Research Part A, Vol. 37, 2003, pp. 539-554. (Pubitemid 36580186)
18. Luttinen, R. T. Statistical Properties of Vehicle Time Headways. In Transportation Research Record 1365, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1992, pp. 92-98.
19. Adams, W. Road Traffic Considered as a Random Series. Journal of the Institute of Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, 1936, pp. 121-130.
20. Breiman, L. The Poisson Tendency in Traffic Distribution. Electronics Research Laboratory, Vol. 60, 1962, pp. 1-9.
21. Gerlough, D. Use of Poisson Distribution in Highway Traffic. Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, Saugatuck, Conn., 1955, pp. 1-58.
22. Greenberg, I. The Log-Normal Distribution of Headways. Australian Road Research, Vol. 2, 1966, pp. 14-20.
23. Cowan, R. Useful Headway Models. Transportation Research, Vol. 9, 1975, pp. 371-375.
24. Zhang, G., Y. Wang, H. Wei, and Y. Chen. Examining Headway Distribution Models with Urban Freeway Loop Event Data. In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1999, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 141-149. (Pubitemid 351190540)