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Effective prediction of travel times is central to many advanced traveler information and transportation management systems. In this article we propose a method to predict freeway travel times using a linear model in which the coefficients vary as smooth functions of the departure time. The method is straightforward to implement, computationally efficient and applicable to widely available free...

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Capacity drop (CD) at overloaded bottlenecks is a puzzling traffic flow phenomenon with some internal and complicated mechanisms the microscopic level. not only important for theory modelling, but also significant control. A model evaluating control measures needs to be able reproduce capacity in order deliver reliable evaluation results. This paper delivers comprehensive overview on subject fr...

This paper develops an analytical framework for ramp metering, under which various ramp control strategies can be viewed as ramifications of the same most-efficient control logic with different threshold values, control methods, and equity considerations. The most-efficient control logic only meters the entrance ramps nearest critical freeway mainline sections so as to eliminate freeway interna...