Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1

Research Article

The Effect of Lane-Changing Time on the Dynamics of Traffic Flow

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_57,
        author={Xin-Gang Li and Bin Jia and Rui Jiang},
        title={The Effect of Lane-Changing Time on the Dynamics of Traffic Flow},
        proceedings={Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1},
        proceedings_a={COMPLEX PART 1},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={lane-changing time cellular automata traffic flow},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_57}
    }
    
  • Xin-Gang Li
    Bin Jia
    Rui Jiang
    Year: 2012
    The Effect of Lane-Changing Time on the Dynamics of Traffic Flow
    COMPLEX PART 1
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_57
Xin-Gang Li1,*, Bin Jia1,*, Rui Jiang2,*
  • 1: Beijing Jiaotong University
  • 2: University of Science and Technology of China
*Contact email: lsinban@gmail.com, bjia@bjtu.edu.cn, rjiang@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract

In this paper, the lane-changing time is considered in the cellular automata models for traffic flow. The lower the velocity of a vehicle, the longer the lane-changing time. The simulations are carried out in the two-lane system and the on-ramp system. When the lane-changing time is taken into account, the maximum flux per lane is reduced in the two-lane system compared with the original two-lane model, and it is even lower than that of single-lane road when a lane-changing takes longer time; the capacity drop can be reproduced in the on-ramp system.