Emergence of a urban traffic macroscopic fundamental diagram

Abhishek Ranjan, Mogens Fosgerau and Erik Jenelius

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Abstract: This paper examines mild conditions under which a macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) emerges, relating space-averaged speed to occupancy in some area. These conditions are validated against empirical data. We allow local speed-occupancy relationships and , in particular, require no equilibrating process to be in operation. This means that merely observing the stable relationship between the space-averages of speed, flow and occupancy are not sufficient to infer a robust relationship and the emerging MFD cannot be guaranteed to be stable if traffic interventions are implemented.

Keywords: Traffic variables; Congestion; Macroscopic fundamental diagram (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 R40 R41 R42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-10-07, Revised 2016-10-07
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Working Paper: Emergence of an Urban Traffic Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (2019)
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