Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2016

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Stevanovic, Aleksandar

Abstract

Macroscopic fundamental diagram is the concept of the highest importance in traffic flow theory used for development of network-wide control strategies. Previous studies showed that so called Arterial Fundamental Diagrams (AFDs) properly depict relationships between major macroscopic traffic variables on urban arterials. Most of these studies used detector’s occupancy as a surrogate measure to represent traffic density. Nevertheless, detector’s occupancy is not very often present in the field data. More frequently, field data from arterial streets provide performance metrics measured at the stop lines of traffic signals, which represent a hybrid of flow and occupancy. When such performance measures are used in lieu of density, the outcomes of the relationships between macroscopic fundamental variables can be confusing. This study investigates appropriateness of using degree of saturation, as a representative surrogate measure of traffic density, obtained from an adaptive traffic control system that utilizes stop-line detectors, for development of AFDs.

Extent

78 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00004672

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