{
  "id": "cond-mat/9911311",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-11-19T16:23:54.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-11-19T16:23:54.000Z",
  "title": "Statistical Analysis of Freeway Traffic",
  "authors": [
    "L. Neubert",
    "L. Santen",
    "A. Schadschneider",
    "M. Schreckenberg"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 8 figures, uses Springer Macros 'lncse', to appear in \"Traffic and Granular Flow '99: Social, Traffic, and Granular Dynamics\" edited by D. Helbing, H. J. Herrmann, M. Schreckenberg, and D. E. Wolf (Springer, Berlin)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "Single-vehicle data of freeway traffic as well as selected Floating-Car (FC) data are analyzed in great detail. Traffic states are distinguished by means of aggregated data. We propose a method for a quantitative classification of these states. The data of individual vehicles allows for insights into the interaction of vehicles. The time-headway distribution reveals a characteristic structure dominated by peaks and controlled by the underlying traffic states. The tendency to reach a pleasant level of ``driving comfort'' gives rise to new $v(\\Delta x)$-diagrams, known as Optimal-Velocity (OV) curves. The insights found at locally fixed detectors can be confirmed by FC data. In fundamental diagrams derived from local measurements interesting high-flow states can be observed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-11-19T16:23:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "freeway traffic",
      "statistical analysis",
      "traffic states",
      "local measurements interesting high-flow states",
      "individual vehicles"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "1999cond.mat.11311N"
    }
  }
}