This book details the fundamental principles of traffic flow theory as well as applications of those principles for evaluating specific types of facilities, such as freeways and intersections. Includes real world examples and useful problem sets.

This text provides a comprehensive and concise treatment of the topic of traffic flow theory and includes several topics relevant to today's highway transportation system. It provides the fundamental principles of traffic flow theory as well as applications of those principles for evaluating specific types of facilities (freeways, intersections, etc.). Newer concepts of Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and their potential impact on traffic flow are discussed. State-of-the-art in traffic flow research and microscopic traffic analysis and traffic simulation have significantly advanced and are also discussed in this text. Real world examples and useful problem sets complement each chapter.

This textbook is meant for use in advanced undergraduate/graduate level courses in traffic flow theory with prerequisites including two semesters of calculus, statistics, and an introductory course in transportation. The text would also be of interest to transportation professionals as a refresher in traffic flow theory, or as a reference. Students and engineers of diverse backgrounds will find this text accessible and applicable to today's traffic issues.

First textbook to address the modern advances in traffic flow theory in 20 years Contains real-world examples and a problem set in each chapter Discusses topics such as microscopic traffic analysis and traffic simulation and includes research related to traffic flow Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Lily Elefteriadou is the Director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) and the Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment at UF. Her research focus is traffic operations, traffic flow theory and simulation. She is the principal investigator of the US DOT-funded Regional University Transportation Center for Region 4 (Southeast Transportation Research Innovation Development and Education, or STRIDE). Dr. Elefteriadou received her Ph.D. in 1994 from NYU Polytechnic University, New York for Transportation Planning and Engineering. She received M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, in 1990. Her B.S. in Surveying, and Environmental Engineering, (five-year program) is from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, was earned in 1987. Her research interested include traffic flow theory, traffic simulation, andsignal control optimization. Awards & Distinctions. Dr. Elefteriadou has received the following awards and distinctions: ASCE Harland Bartholomew Award (2019), University of Florida Term Professorship Award (2018), ASCE James Laurie Prize (2015), ARTBA Ethel S. Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), Best Model Development Paper Award, for the paper' "Driver Behavior Based Lane-Changing Model and Its Implementation in CORSIM," Joint (2010), Subcommittee on Traffic Simulation, Transportation Research Board (2010), and Fulbright Scholar "Technical University Delft, Netherlands" (2001).

Inhalt

Introduction.- Part 1.- 1. Modeling the Motion of a Single Vehicle.- 2. Modeling Vehicle Interactions and the Movement of Groups of Vehicles.- Part 2.- 3. The Traffic Stream: Traffic Flow Performance Characteristics.- 4. Capacity.- 5. Traffic Operational Performance Measures.- Part 3.- 6. Analytical Models for Bottleneck and Queuing Evaluations.- 7. Simulation Modeling.- Part 4.- 8. Freeways.- 9. Signalized Intersections and Networks.- 10. Unsignalized Intersections.- 11. Two-Lane Highways.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Index.