During peak periods, freeway bottlenecks can be activated by intensive lane changing at weaving segments, where merging and diverging areas are in close proximity. This weaving phenomenon has a major impact on capacity. Much research has been devoted to investigating capacity estimation models for weaving segments. However, because of the model parameters, estimation models are difficult to adopt directly in active traffic management strategies to estimate real-time maximum discharge flow. To this end, this study defined a linear optimization problem to solve weaving capacity and then established a lane-changing model to constrain the weaving flows. The proposed method was evaluated and analyzed for sensitivity with field data from two weaving segments on Whitemud Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The capacity estimates from the proposed model were consistent with that from the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 model and with field observations. Moreover, it was also observed that the weaving capacity was sensitive to weaving maneuvers. Finally, the proposed method was applied to estimate the real-time maximum discharge flow rate; the estimates matched field measurements. These findings could lead to implementations in designing optimal traffic control strategies.


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    Titel :

    Capacity Estimation for Weaving Segments Using a Lane-Changing Model


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record


    Beteiligte:
    Wang, Xu (Autor:in) / Luo, Ying (Autor:in) / Qiu, Tony Z. (Autor:in) / Yan, Xinping (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-01-01




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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