 A generalised stability criterion for motorway trafficE. N. Holland Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1998, vol. 32, issue 2, 141-154 Abstract: A common scenario on the motorway is that traffic that appears to be moving smoothly can suddenly spontaneously break down. This paper develops a new general criterion that determines whether these catastrophic events will occur. Primarily this is done in the context of the many car-following models described in the literature. The general criterion is shown to agree with the specific stability conditions of these models, including those in which drivers taken into account vehicles more than one ahead. As described in the literature, when the flow is stable, columns of vehicles are seen to smooth any perturbations to the flow. This enables the general criterion to be extended to include non-identical drivers. The stability criterion is also seen to agree with those established from continuum theory. Finally, the stability condition is considered with respect to data obtained from the M25 in the U.K. Date: 1998 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transb:v:32:y:1998:i:2:p:141-154 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is currently edited by Fred Mannering More articles in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological from Elsevier |
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