This in-depth treatment explains the nature of traffic breakdown and the resulting congestion in vehicular traffic on the basis of three-phase traffic theory, in a manner consistent with real measured traffic data. The author also addresses freeway traffic control methods within the framework of the theory. He demonstrates and explains why the earlier theoretical basis of transportation engineering, research and teaching cannot adequately describe traffic breakdown as observed in measured traffic data. Links between three-phase traffic theory and earlier traffic flow theories are discussed. Last but not least, the book provides a new fundament for transportation engineering, in particular highway traffic management, as well as the background needed to research the complex system dynamics in traffic flow and transportation networks. It will appeal to students, engineers, and physicists interested in transportation systems and complex dynamical systems in general.
Author(s): Boris S. Kerner (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 265
Tags: Automotive Engineering;Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Operations Research/Decision Theory;Regional/Spatial Science
Front Matter....Pages 1-11
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Definitions of The Three Traffic Phases....Pages 9-40
Nature of Traffic Breakdown at Bottleneck....Pages 41-72
Infinite Number of Highway Capacities of Free Flow at Bottleneck....Pages 73-79
Nature of Moving Jam Emergence....Pages 81-98
Origin of Hypotheses and Terms of Three-Phase Traffic Theory....Pages 99-106
Spatiotemporal Traffic Congested Patterns....Pages 107-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Introduction to Part II:Compendium of Three-Phase Traffic Theory....Pages 139-142
Freeway Traffic Control based on Three-Phase Traffic Theory....Pages 143-172
Earlier Theoretical Basis of Transportation Engineering: Fundamental Diagram Approach....Pages 173-219
Three-Phase Traffic Flow Models....Pages 221-243
Linking of Three-Phase Traffic Theory and Fundamental Diagram Approach to Traffic Flow Modeling....Pages 245-252
Conclusions and Outlook....Pages 253-254
Back Matter....Pages 1-11
