Cassidy, Michael J; Jang, Kitae; Daganzo, Carlos F - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 2008
Real data show that reserving a lane for carpools on congested freeways induces a smoothing effect that is characterized by significantly higher bottleneck discharge flows (capacities) in adjacent lanes. The effect arises because disruptive vehicle lane changing diminishes in the presence of a...