Slowdown-induced phase transitions in vehicular traffic
Keywords:
Phase transitions, traffic, cellular automataAbstract
The occurrence of slowdowns plays a significant role in the flow of traffic. Vehicles that frequently slow down, drop off, and pick up passengers anywhere, often impede the flow of traffic. Using a modified Nagel-Schrekenberg cellular automata model, we analyzed the interplay of road density, random slowdowns, and vehicle speed. We found that increasing random slowdowns beyond a critical value (pλ ≈ [0.2, 0.3, 0.4] for Ï = [0.20, 0.15, 0.10] respectively) can force a transition from a free flowing traffic into a state where interactions between vehicles reduces the average speed on the road.
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