Analysis of road potential and bottlenecks based on operating speed.

Author(s)
Warita, H. Okamura, H. Morita, H. Kuwahara, M. & Chung, E.
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Abstract

Vehicle detectors have been installed at approximately every 300 meters on each lane on Tokyo metropolitan expressway. Various traffic data such as traffic volume, average speed and time occupancy are collected by vehicle detectors. We can understand traffic characteristics of every point by comparing traffic data collected at consecutive points. In this study, we focused on average speed, analyzed road potential by operating speed during free-flow conditions, and identified latent bottlenecks. Furthermore, we analyzed effects for road potential by the rainfall level and day of the week. It's expected that this method of analysis will be utilized for installation of ITS such as drive assist, estimation of parameters for traffic simulation and feedback to road design as congestion measures.

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C 45880 [electronic version only] /70 / ITRD E138821
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International Journal of ITS Research, Vol. 4 (2006), No. 1 (December), p. 39-46, 6 ref.

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