TY - GEN
T1 - Traffic equilibration
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS 2002
AU - Levinson, David M
AU - Sheikh, Atif
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In Fall 2000, more than 430 ramp meters in the Twin Cities metropolitan area were shut down in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the metering system. This shutdown disturbed normal traffic patterns and thus traffic equilibrium. This paper examines how long it takes to establish a new equilibrium after a shock to the system, and thus establishes the basis for how long traffic studies should be carried out, as transportation analysts are generally concerned with comparing two equilibrium conditions. While traffic seems to be tending toward an equilibrium by the end of the 8 week shut-down, it has not yet converged to one. More research is needed to examine the question of whether and how equilibria form, and we need to examine longer time periods for analysis.
AB - In Fall 2000, more than 430 ramp meters in the Twin Cities metropolitan area were shut down in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the metering system. This shutdown disturbed normal traffic patterns and thus traffic equilibrium. This paper examines how long it takes to establish a new equilibrium after a shock to the system, and thus establishes the basis for how long traffic studies should be carried out, as transportation analysts are generally concerned with comparing two equilibrium conditions. While traffic seems to be tending toward an equilibrium by the end of the 8 week shut-down, it has not yet converged to one. More research is needed to examine the question of whether and how equilibria form, and we need to examine longer time periods for analysis.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/57649103566
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/57649103566#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1061/40630(255)82
DO - 10.1061/40630(255)82
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57649103566
SN - 0784406308
SN - 9780784406304
T3 - Proceedings of the Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS
SP - 580
EP - 587
BT - Traffic and Transportation Studies 2002 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS 2002
PB - ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
Y2 - 23 July 2002 through 25 July 2002
ER -