无灯控错位交叉口交通流模型研究

Traffic Flow Model for Staggered Intersection without Signal Lamp

错位交叉口交通特性研究对于制定合理有效的错位交叉口交通管控策略具有重要意义.针对无灯控错位交叉口交通流间的冲突过程分别建立了相应的元胞自动机行为规则,进而应用上述规则对不同参数设置下的交通流演化过程进行数值模拟,并分析和讨论了主路进口道交通流密度变化对不同路段交通流平均速度的影响.研究结果表明,错位交叉口主路上较小的车流密度也能导致主路进口道及两T型口中间路段发生交通堵塞,每个T型口主路进口道交通流量变化会对另一个T型口主路进口道交通流平均速度产生较大影响,此外,无灯控下的交通堵塞也会呈现周期性的排队-消散过程。上述方法及结果可为错位交叉口实施信号控制提供有意义的指导.

Traffic characteristics investigation of staggered intersection lays the foundation of scientific and reasonable traffic control strategies. This paper first proposes the cellular automaton rules on the basis of the traffic conflict process analysis. Then with these rules, the traffic flow evolution under different parameters is presented by numerical simulations. The relationship between the arterial road traffic flow density and the average speed is explored. It is revealed that low traffic density on the main road of staggered intersections may lead to traffic congestions on the approach of main road and the road between two T-type intersections, and the average speed of traffic flow on each T-type import of main road was affected by the traffic flow changes of the other T-type approaches. Moreover, the traffic congestion on intersection without signal lamp is presented as a periodically queuing-dissipates process. The above methods and results provide meaningful guidance for traffic management and control implementation of staggered intersections without siznal lam~.