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Underwood Model Traffic Flow Analysis

1) The document contains traffic data including flow (q), density (k), and speed (u) for various road sections. 2) It evaluates two traffic stream models - Underwood's model and a flow-density model - by comparing observed and predicted values of flow. 3) The flow-density model is shown to fit the observed data well with an R2 value of 0.934.

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127 views5 pages

Underwood Model Traffic Flow Analysis

1) The document contains traffic data including flow (q), density (k), and speed (u) for various road sections. 2) It evaluates two traffic stream models - Underwood's model and a flow-density model - by comparing observed and predicted values of flow. 3) The flow-density model is shown to fit the observed data well with an R2 value of 0.934.

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Example in CE 248

Traffic Stream Models

qobs us kest ln u 70
82 492 53 9 3.97
33 200 60 3 4.09 60
110 660 32 21 3.47
50 f(x) = 55.02
58 350 48 7 3.87
R² = 0.9346
116 696 39.7 18 3.68 40

U
75 450 42.6 11 3.75
138 828 35.8 23 3.58 30
287 1,719 38.2 45 3.64
200 1,200 12 100 2.48 20

204 1,222 30.4 40 3.41


10
156 936 34.3 27 3.54
176 1,056 10 106 2.30 0
0 20

FOR UNDERWOOD'S MODEL:


uf = 55.0 km/hr
kj = UND
um = 20.2 km/hr
127.5752 km = 65 pcu/km
2.571355 qm = 1,315 pcu/hr

2,000

FLOW - DENSITY MODEL: 1,800

q = 55.027ke-0.0154k 1,600
qobs qpred kest 1,400
492 443 9 1,200
200 174 3
Q

1,000
660 826 21
800
350 359 7
696 736 18 600

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450 494 11 400


828 891 23 200
1,719 1,238 45
0
1,200 1,180 100 0 20
1,222 1,191 40
936 986 27
1,056 1,143 106

ln uf = 4.00782397

q = u[ln 55.027 - 65 ln u]
70.0
qobs qpred us
492 129 53.0 60.0
200 -337 60.0
660 1,126 32.0 50.0

350 426 48.0


40.0

U
696 842 39.7
450 708 42.6 30.0
828 999 35.8
1,719 905 38.2 20.0
1,200 1,187 12.0
10.0
1,222 1,171 30.4
936 1,053 34.3 0.0
1,056 1,107 10.0 0 250
70 4.50

60 4.00
f(x) = − 0.01537
3.50 R² = 0.9346740
50 f(x) = 55.026975086702 exp( − 0.015375214396131 x )

LN (U)
R² = 0.934674086019485 3.00
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