Enhancing Freeway Safety through Intervening in Traffic Flow Dynamics Based on Variable Speed Limit Control

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:10.15em"/><col style="width:12.42em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Scenario Parameters</td><td class="align_center">Settings</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Road type</td><td class="align_center">Freeway</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lane width</td><td class="align_center">3.75 meter</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Maximum speed limit</td><td class="align_center">120 km/h</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Detection cycle</td><td class="align_center">1 second</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Car following model</td><td class="align_center">Minimum Headway+ deceleration estimation</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Global arrivals</td><td class="align_center">Exponential</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Simulation scenario settings in Aimsun.</div>

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Table 5: Enhancing Freeway Safety through Intervening in Traffic Flow Dynamics Based on Variable Speed Limit Control 