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Microscopic Simulation of Synchronized Flow in City Traffic: Effect of Driver's Speed Adaptation

Authors:
Gerhard Hermanns
Igor N. Kulkov
Boris S. Kerner
Michael Schreckenberg
Peter Hemmerle
Micha Koller
Hubert Rehborn

Keywords: Microscopic simulation; Three-phase traffic theory; City traffic

Abstract:
Recently, the synchronized flow traffic pattern has been found in empirical data of oversaturated city traffic. Traffic simulation models based on classical theories cannot reproduce synchronized flow. We present simulation results based on Kerner’s three-phase traffic theory. By using a version of the Kerner-Klenov stochastic microscopic traffic flow simulation model, we are able to reproduce all traffic patterns found in city traffic, including synchronized flow. The key role in understanding the emergence of synchronized flow within the model plays the driver’s speed adaptation effect.

Pages: 52 to 57

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4537

ISBN: 978-1-61208-371-1

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014