Open AccessMacroscopic Flow Models of State Highway Midblocks under Mixed Traffic Flow Conditions: Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard Case Study
Author(s) -
Matilde Santos,
Allan R. Alzona,
M. A. Taguba,
Cresencia Vahdanipour
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/771/1/012056
Subject(s) - boulevard , traffic flow (computer networking) , flow (mathematics) , transport engineering , traffic volume , roundabout , path (computing) , flow network , computer science , simulation , civil engineering , engineering , mathematics , mathematical optimization , geometry , computer network
Macroscopic flow modelling has been fundamentally used to characterize and predict the traffic flow parameters of a continuous road utilizing the analogy for one-dimensional fluid flow. In the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard is a major arterial road that links Manila City to various important cities in the Metropolis. Due to its noticeable deteriorating performance in addressing the increasing traffic flow demand, this work investigated the corridor capacity and characterized the key traffic elements along the major mid blocks using Greenshields model. It is assumed that road users behave uniformly and continuously distributed over the highway to choose a path to minimize their total travel time based on instantaneous traffic information. Investigation shows volume demands exceeding the design traffic capacities equivalent to 0.7429, 1.7959, 0.7226, and 1.4726 VCR ratios.