The Influence of Tollbooths on Highway Traffic

D. Huang and W. Huang
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D. Huang: Chung Yuan Christian University, Department of Physics
W. Huang: Chung Yuan Christian University, Department of Physics

A chapter in Traffic and Granular Flow’01, 2003, pp 357-362 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We study the effects of tollbooths on the traffic flow. Various types of toll collection are examined, which can be characterized either by a waiting time or a reduced speed. The phase separation results in a saturated flow, which is observed as a plateau region in the fundamental diagram. The effects of lane expansion near the tollbooth are examined. The full capacity of a highway can be restored. Besides the numerical results, we also obtain analytical expressions for various quantities.

Keywords: Traffic Flow; Maximum Flow; Granular Flow; Middle Range; High Density Region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-10583-2_36

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