Abstract:
This paper presents a simple approximate procedure for traffic analysis that can be described geometrically without calculus. The procedure, which is graphically intuitive, operates directly on piecewise linear approximations of the N-curves of cumulative vehicle count. Because the N-curves are both readily observable and of direct interest for evaluation purposes (e.g., they yield the total vehicle-hours and vehicle-miles of travel in a time interval, and the vehicular accumulation as a function of time) the predictions made with this method should be practical and easy to test.
Publication date:
December 1, 1997
Publication type:
White Paper
Citation:
Daganzo, C. F. (1997). A Simple Traffic Analysis Procedure. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/13d5m360