A figure-eight hysteresis pattern in macroscopic fundamental diagrams and its microscopic causes

Transportation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 133-142

  He, Z ^a   He, S ^a   Guan, W ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hysteresis pattern; Lane change; Macroscopic fundamental diagram; Urban freeway network

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

BEIJING , CHINA; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; LANE CHANGE; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; ORIGIN-DESTINATION MATRIX; SPATIOTEMPORAL HETEROGENEITIES; URBAN FREEWAYS;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 84938935855     PISSN: 19427867     EISSN: 19427875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1942787514Y.0000000041     Document Type: Article

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