Failure of classical traffic flow theories: Stochastic highway capacity and automatic driving

BS Kerner - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
In a mini-review Kerner (2013) it has been shown that classical traffic flow theories and
models failed to explain empirical traffic breakdown—a phase transition from metastable …

Criticism of generally accepted fundamentals and methodologies of traffic and transportation theory: A brief review

BS Kerner - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2013 - Elsevier
It is explained why the set of the fundamental empirical features of traffic breakdown (a
transition from free flow to congested traffic) should be the empirical basis for any traffic and …

Capacity reliability of a road network: an assessment methodology and numerical results

A Chen, H Yang, HK Lo, WH Tang - Transportation Research Part B …, 2002 - Elsevier
Existing reliability studies of road networks are mainly limited to connectivity and travel time
reliability and may not be sufficient for a comprehensive network performance measure …

[HTML][HTML] Joint optimisation of transfer location and capacity for a capacitated multimodal transport network with elastic demand: a bi-level programming model and …

J Ye, Y Jiang, J Chen, Z Liu, R Guo - Transportation Research Part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the growing attention toward develo** a multimodal transport system to enhance
urban mobility, there is an increasing need to construct new infrastructures, rebuild or …

Travel time unreliability on freeways: Why measures based on variance tell only half the story

JWC Van Lint, HJ Van Zuylen, H Tu - … Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008 - Elsevier
In recent years, travel time reliability has become one of the key performance indicators of
transportation networks and corridors around the globe. Travel time reliability indicators are …

Capacity-oriented passenger flow control under uncertain demand: Algorithm development and real-world case study

X Xu, J Liu, H Li, M Jiang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a problem of passenger flow organization in subway stations under
uncertain demand. The existing concepts of station service capacity are extended and …

Investigating transport network vulnerability by capacity weighted spectral analysis

MGH Bell, F Kurauchi, S Perera, W Wong - Transportation Research Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transport networks operating at or near capacity are vulnerable to disruptions, so flow
bottlenecks are potent sources of vulnerability. This paper presents an efficient method for …

Estimation of urban network capacity with second-best constraints for multimodal transport systems

Z Liu, Z Wang, Q Cheng, R Yin, M Wang - Transportation research part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport network capacity enhancement is a significant aspect of urban transport planning
and demand management, and a suitable measurement of the network capacity is of …

Passenger flow control with multi-station coordination in subway networks: algorithm development and real-world case study

X Xu, H Li, J Liu, B Ran, L Qin - Transportmetrica B: Transport …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses the problem of passenger flow control in a multi-line subway network
during peak hours. A new multi-station coordinated passenger flow control model is …

Transportation network redundancy: Complementary measures and computational methods

X Xu, A Chen, S Jansuwan, C Yang, S Ryu - Transportation Research Part …, 2018 - Elsevier
Redundancy is vital for transportation networks to provide utility to users during disastrous
events. In this paper, we develop two network-based measures for systematically …