Measuring Heterogeneous Traffic Density
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چکیده
Traffic Density provides an indication of the level of service being provided to the road users. Hence, there is a need to study the traffic flow characteristics with specific reference to density in detail. When the length and speed of the vehicles in a traffic stream vary significantly, the concept of occupancy, rather than density, is more appropriate to describe traffic concentration. When the concept of occupancy is applied to heterogeneous traffic condition, it is necessary to consider the area of the road space and the area of the vehicles as the bases. Hence, a new concept named, ‘area-occupancy’ is proposed here. It has been found that the estimated area-occupancy gives consistent values irrespective of change in traffic composition. Keywords—Density Measurement, Heterogeneity, Occupancy, Traffic Flow.
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