Traffic Flow Model for Staggered Intersection without Signal Lamp

Traffic characteristics investigation of staggered intersection lays the foundation of scientific and reasonable traffic control strategies. This paper first proposes the cellular automaton rules on the basis of the traffic conflict process analysis. Then with these rules, the traffic flow evolution under different parameters is presented by numerical simulations. The relationship between the arterial road traffic flow density and the average speed is explored. It is revealed that low traffic density on the main road of staggered intersections may lead to traffic congestions on the approach of main road and the road between two T-type intersections, and the average speed of traffic flow on each T-type import of main road was affected by the traffic flow changes of the other T-type approaches. Moreover, the traffic congestion on intersection without signal lamp is presented as a periodically queuing-dissipates process. The above methods and results provide meaningful guidance for traffic management and control implementation of staggered intersections without signal lamp.