Research Article

Influence of Large Vehicles on the Speed of Expressway Traffic Flow

Table 4

Passenger-car speed prediction model for the mixing rate of large vehicles.

Traffic flow patternsPrediction model 1Prediction model 2

 ≤ 0.35
R2 = 0.625R2 = 0.598

0.35 <  ≤ 0.55
R2 = 0.768R2 = 0.601

0.55 <  ≤ 0.90
R2 = 0.894R2 = 0.864

is the average speed of traffic flow (km/h), is the average speed of passenger-cars (km/h), and x is the mixing rate of large vehicles (%), 0 ≤ x ≤ 40.