An extended macro model for traffic flow with consideration of multi static bottlenecks

•A macro model with consideration of multi static bottlenecks has been developed.•Impacts of the number of static bottlenecks have been explored.•Impacts of the distance between adjacent static bottlenecks have been explored.•These results can help us better understand and explain some traffic phenomena.

In this paper, we propose a macro model with consideration of multi static bottlenecks to study the impacts of multi static bottlenecks on traffic flow. The numerical results show that the influences are related to the number of static bottlenecks, the distance between two adjacent static bottlenecks and the initial density.