It has been recently shown that a macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) linking space-mean network flow, density and speed exists in the urban transportation networks under some conditions. An MFD is further well defined if the network is homogeneous with links of similar properties. This...

The traffic flow model with optimal velocity is extended to take into account the velocity-dependent sensitivity. The dependence of the jamming transition upon the sensitivity is investigated in the extended optimal velocity model. The phase transition among the freely moving phase, the...

Jamming transitions of pedestrian traffic are investigated under the periodic boundary condition on the square lattice by the use of the lattice gas model of biased random walkers without the back step. The two cases are presented: the one with two types of walkers and the other with four types...

We investigate a traffic-flow problem in a network of city roads. The network of city roads is assumed to be a square lattice with a decorated site on each bond; a car may locate at a usual lattice site or at a decorated site. We extend a traffic-flow model proposed by Cuesta et al. (Phys. Rev. E...

The lattice models of traffic are proposed to describe the jamming transition in traffic flow on a highway in terms of thermodynamic terminology of phase transitions and critical phenomena. They are the lattice versions of the hydrodynamic model of traffic. Two lattice models are presented: one...

We propose a cellular automaton (CA) model for traffic flow which is second order in time. The model is derived from the modified Korteweg–de Vries (MKdV) equation by use of the ‘ultra-discretization method’ (UDM) proposed by Tokihiro et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, (1996) 3247). This result...

The two lattice models are presented to simulate the traffic flow on a two-lane highway. They are the lattice versions of the hydrodynamic model of traffic: the one (model A) is described by the differential-difference equation where time is a continuous variable and space is a discrete...

In this article, we propose a computational method for solving the Lighthill–Whitham–Richards (LWR) partial differential equation (PDE) semi-analytically for arbitrary piecewise-constant initial and boundary conditions, and for arbitrary concave fundamental diagrams. With these assumptions,...

In this paper, a new lattice hydrodynamic traffic flow model is proposed by considering the driver’s anticipation effect in sensing relative flux (DAESRF) for two-lane system. The effect of anticipation parameter on the stability of traffic flow is examined through linear stability analysis...

Transport systems in real cities are complex with many modes of transport sharing and competing for limited road space. This work intends to understand how space distributions for modes and interactions among modes affect network traffic performance. While the connection between performance of...