Key features of Beijing's urban expressways include a short distance between on-ramp and off-ramp, large traffic flow and high ratio of short-distance vehicles. An expressway control strategy should be based on these features. Accordingly, we selected three different sites on the Beijing Ring Road where the distance between on-ramp and off-ramp is about 300m. For each site we shot traffic videos on different dates and times including peak and non-peak hour sites. From the videos, we extracted traffic data, such as traffic flow, density and lane-changing behaviors. On the basis of these data, we analyzed the distribution characteristics of flow-density and lane-changing frequency. Finally, we compare the three sites and identify their common features. This will provide support for a future control strategy study on Beijing expressways.


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    Title :

    Characteristics Analysis of Traffic Flow Behaviors on Beijing Urban Expressways


    Contributors:
    Li, Weixia (author) / Yin, Shengchao (author) / Zhang, Haizheng (author) / Zhang, Yi (author) / Yao, Danya (author)

    Conference:

    The Twelfth COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2012 ; Beijing, China


    Published in:

    CICTP 2012 ; 422-433


    Publication date :

    2012-07-23




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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