Urban Traffic Speeds---II: Relation of the Parameters of Two Simpler Models to Size of the City and Time of Day

T. P. Hutchinson
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T. P. Hutchinson: University College London, London, England

Transportation Science, 1974, vol. 8, issue 1, 50-57

Abstract: Using the data collected by the RRL in 1967 for eight English cities, average speeds on major roads have been calculated as a function of distance from the city center. Two rather simple types of function have been fitted to this empirical data, namely v = k · r 1/3 and v = 60 - a · e - r / R , and the values of their parameters have been found to be related to the city size and to whether the observations were made in the peak or the off-peak periods. Data from other studies, in London and Göteborg (Sweden), are adduced to support the conclusions drawn.

Date: 1974
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