Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model

This paper aims to analyze the impact of trucks on traffic flow and propose an improved cellular automaton model, which considers both the performance difference between passenger cars and trucks and the behaviour change of passenger cars under the impact of trucks. A questionnaire survey has been c...

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Main Authors: Dewen Kong, Xiucheng Guo, Bo Yang, Dingxin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1236846
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spelling doaj-b550a817a0fc4eebab1aacf245445bc92020-11-24T22:27:35ZengHindawi LimitedDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/12368461236846Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton ModelDewen Kong0Xiucheng Guo1Bo Yang2Dingxin Wu3Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaSchool of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaDepartment of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USASchool of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaThis paper aims to analyze the impact of trucks on traffic flow and propose an improved cellular automaton model, which considers both the performance difference between passenger cars and trucks and the behaviour change of passenger cars under the impact of trucks. A questionnaire survey has been conducted to find out whether the impact of trucks exists and how the behaviour of passenger car drivers changes under the impact of trucks. The survey results confirm that the impact of trucks exists and indicate that passenger car drivers will enlarge the space gap, decelerate, and change lanes in advance when they are affected. Simulation results show that traffic volume is still affected by percentages of trucks in the congestion phase in the proposed model compared with traditional heterogeneous cellular automaton models. Traffic volume and speed decrease with the impact of trucks in the congestion phase. The impact of trucks can increase traffic congestion as it increases. However, it has different influences on the speed variance of passenger cars in different occupancies. In the proposed model, the relative relationship of the space gap between car-following-truck and car-following-car is changeable at a certain value of occupancy, which is related to the impact of trucks.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1236846
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author Dewen Kong
Xiucheng Guo
Bo Yang
Dingxin Wu
spellingShingle Dewen Kong
Xiucheng Guo
Bo Yang
Dingxin Wu
Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
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Xiucheng Guo
Bo Yang
Dingxin Wu
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title Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
title_short Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
title_full Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
title_fullStr Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
title_sort analyzing the impact of trucks on traffic flow based on an improved cellular automaton model
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
issn 1026-0226
1607-887X
publishDate 2016-01-01
description This paper aims to analyze the impact of trucks on traffic flow and propose an improved cellular automaton model, which considers both the performance difference between passenger cars and trucks and the behaviour change of passenger cars under the impact of trucks. A questionnaire survey has been conducted to find out whether the impact of trucks exists and how the behaviour of passenger car drivers changes under the impact of trucks. The survey results confirm that the impact of trucks exists and indicate that passenger car drivers will enlarge the space gap, decelerate, and change lanes in advance when they are affected. Simulation results show that traffic volume is still affected by percentages of trucks in the congestion phase in the proposed model compared with traditional heterogeneous cellular automaton models. Traffic volume and speed decrease with the impact of trucks in the congestion phase. The impact of trucks can increase traffic congestion as it increases. However, it has different influences on the speed variance of passenger cars in different occupancies. In the proposed model, the relative relationship of the space gap between car-following-truck and car-following-car is changeable at a certain value of occupancy, which is related to the impact of trucks.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1236846
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