Analysis of Traffic Flow on a Signalized One-Way Artery

Franco P. Preparata
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Franco P. Preparata: Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Transportation Science, 1972, vol. 6, issue 1, 32-51

Abstract: This paper concerns itself with the kinematic analysis of traffic flow on a signalized one-way artery. Using as mathematical model the continuum flow theory of L ighthill -W hitham -R ichards , the flow pattern is carefully investigated under the assumptions of parabolic volume-density diagram and constant flow on the artery. The interesting symmetry existing between fluid and congested regimes is noted and used in proving various results. The delay caused by an interruption of arbitrary regimes is analyzed as a function of space and time. It is shown that an interruption of an arbitrary regime is equivalent to a particular interruption of a corresponding uniform regime: this provides a very simple and general method for delay computation. The delay caused by a periodic interruption (traffic signal) is bounded by and is asymptotically equal to the duration of the red signal; moreover, both the maximum and the average delay at fixed distance from the signalized intersection are increasing functions of the cycle time. It is further shown that the results concerning the delay function apply to all convex volume-density diagrams.

Date: 1972
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