CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. The Dutch traffic (history and transport) policy will be discussed in this lecture. Different evaluation types and levels will be discussed, as well as how to monitor data and trends. This lecture also explains how to perform an evaluation or simulation study.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 11. Evaluation, simulation and guidelines

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. This lecture discusses the behaviour of crowds and how to model them. The differences between car traffic and pedestrian traffic will be discussed so you will be able to apply the concepts of flow, density and speed to pedestrian flows.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 10. Pedestrian Flow Theory

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. This lecture explains the gap acceptance theory and different models for motorway lane changing including the Mobil lane change model. The number of lane changes, merging and a theory for lane selection will be discussed as well.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 9. Lateral driving behaviour

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. In this lecture the Wiedeman principle and how to draw the associated diagrams is explained. Action point modelling is discussed. The calibration of parameters of car-following behavior, capacity, capacity drop and the queue discharge rate are topics covered in this lecture.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 8. Car-following and stability

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. This lecture discusses the car-following model and how to calculate the resulting behaviour for the Newel, IDM and other models. Stability is discussed and it explained how to derive the fundamental diagram from a car-following equation.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 7. Car-following: The basics

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. Lagrangian coordinates and the advantages of Lagrangian formulation will be elaborated in this lecture. The lecture also discuss how trucks influence the traffic stream and and introduces macroscopic fundamental diagrams.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 6. Influence of trucks, lagrangian coordinates and MFD

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. In this lecture some contour plots are analysed to see what phenomena occur. Phenomena like wide moving jams and standing queues are indicated during this lecture. Higher order phenomena in traffic flow like capacity drop, hysteresis and traffic instability are also discussed.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 5. Introduction to phenomena

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. In this lecture the method of characteristics is discussed and clarified with an example. An application of the kinematic wave model is also provided. Numerical solutions using the Gudanov scheme will be discussed lastly.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 4. Traffic analysis: Characteristics

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. In this lecture moving bottlenecks and queuing models are introduced and extensive examples will be given.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 3. Moving Bottlenecks and Queuing

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. In this lecture the 3 shockwave theory assumptions will be explained and a shockwave will be clearly and extensively defined. This lecture also discusses how shockwave equations can be used to predict the dynamics of congestion. Some applications will be given.

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 2. Shockwave theory

CIE4821. Master course fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. This lecture discusses the fundamental diagram (FD) and the relations between the 3 traffic flow variables. The important points in the FD, the influences of circumstances and flow regimes will be explained. Some frequently used FD's are eleborated.

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Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation

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