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Fuel Loss and Jams due to Pausing Railroad Crossings
Title: | Fuel Loss and Jams due to Pausing Railroad Crossings |
Authors: | Tomoeda, Akiyasu Browse this author | Nishinari, Katsuhiro Browse this author | Harada, Yoshiaki Browse this author |
Issue Date: | Sep-2008 |
Publisher: | [Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University] |
Citation: | JST Presto Symposium on Mathematical Sciences towards Environmental Problems (Hokkaido University technical report series in mathematics ; 136). pp.77-80. |
Abstract: | In Japan, all cars must pause before crossing the railroad for avoiding the accidents. This rule was established by a law in 1960. In fact, however, railroad crossings come to the serious bottlenecks because of this pausing rule and this bottleneck causes heavy jams. In this study, by using cellular automaton model we have investigated the traffic flow at railroad crossings in two cases: with pausing and without pausing. Moreover, the lost time due to pausing at railroad crossings have been also quantitatively estimated by both numerical simulations and analytical calculations. As the results, we have found that these estimations are good agreement with the data by actual measurements. |
Description: | JSTさきがけ研究集会 環境問題における数理の可能性. 平成20年6月11日~平成20年6月13日. 札幌市 |
Conference Name: | JSTさきがけ研究集会 環境問題における数理の可能性 |
Conference Place: | 札幌 |
Type: | proceedings |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/34749 |
Appears in Collections: | 北海道大学サステナビリティ・ウィーク2008 (Sustainability Weeks 2008) > JSTさきがけ研究集会 環境問題における数理の可能性
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