Research Article

An Improved Critical-Edge Model for Finding Optimal Contraflow Links Considering the Influence of Intersections

Table 1

The basic information of road links.

Directional linksFree-flow speed  
vf/(km/h)
Minimum speed vmin/(km/h)Length  
L/m
The number of lanes  
Lan
Capacity cij/(pcu/h)Jam density  
kj/(pcu/km/lan)

(1,5)/(5,1)351560021900140
(1,6)/(6,1)351060011100140
(2,12)/(12,2)30560011200140
(2,13)/(13,2)30560022100140
(3,7)/(7,3)351260021850140
(3,8)/(8,3)351060011200140
(8,7)(7,8)401580022100130
(7,6)/(6,7)401090021900130
(6,5)/(5,6)421390021850135
(5,4)/(4,5)5015113022000150
(8,13)/(13,8)4816115033050153
(7,12)/(12,7)5015105021700160
(6,11)/(11,6)4614100011100150
(5,10)/(10,5)4516108022200145
(4,9)/(9,4)5515150011300155
(13,12)/(12,13)381286021850150
(12,11)/(11,12)401575021950140
(11,10)/(10,11)361280022100145
(10,9)/(9,10)4315100011200155
(13,15)/(15,13)4515116032500140
(11,14)/(14,11)361090021800150
(10,14)/(14,10)4615120011050135
(9,17)/(17,9)5016160021970145
(14,16)(16,14)351078022050135
(15,16)/(16,15)5615145032750140
(16,17)/(17,16)5015156032850145