Queue Spillback in Braess's Paradox Considering Dynamic Traffic Assignment

Abstract:

This paper presents a dynamic version of Braesss paradox in transportation networks. This time-varying paradox considers queue spillback in dynamic traffic assignment. Five independent considerations in relation to the traffic-flow component are discussed. The queue spillback in respect to the spatial queue assumptions has been investigated in detail. Finally, some solutions based on the view of planners, decision-makers and managers are demonstrated to resolve the potential paradoxes, such as lane partitioning, road reconfiguration, congestion charging, time-varying tolls, ramp metering and dynamic traffic control and management etc.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 790)
• Pages: 449-453
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.790.449
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: He Wei, Ji Feng Dai
• Keywords: Braess’s Paradox, Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Queue Spillback

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