Research Article

An Improved Car-Following Speed Model considering Speed of the Lead Vehicle, Vehicle Spacing, and Driver’s Sensitivity to Them

Table 1

Summary statistics of vehicle trajectory data for calibrating the proposed model.

Data itemsIndicator
Min1st quartileMedianMean3rd quartileMax

Vehicle_ID15069341,0241,4262,783
Vehicle_Class122223
Frame_ID52,4744,0214,1005,7468,906
Total_Frames1605317187289111,328
Lane_ID123346
Leading_ID04508829761,3903,109
Lagging_ID04659019911,4083,109
Spacing (m)0.0013.2918.4320.7825.64237.05
Speed (m/s)0.006.119.759.4312.3229.05
Acceleration (m/s2)−3.41−0.260.000.050.443.41