Modeling the Morning Commute Problem in a Bottleneck Model Based on Personal Perception

Abstract

This paper studies the travel behavior of travelers who drive from the living area through the highway to the work area during the morning rush hours. The bottleneck model based on personal perception travel behavior has been investigated. Based on their willingness to arrive early, travelers can be divided into two categories: active travelers and negative travelers. Three possible situations have been considered based on travelers’ personal perception. Travelers’ travel choice behaviors are analyzed in detail and equilibrium is achieved with these three situations. The numerical examples show that the departure time choice of the travelers is related not only to the proportion of each type of travelers, but also to personal perceived size.

Optimization Scheme of Fine Toll and Bus Departure Quantity for Bottleneck Congestion Management

“…where λ represents the conversion coefficient between a bus and an equivalent car. When the car travel reaches equilibrium, we can obtain the car travel cost C 1 , the car departure time t 1e at which the queue begins, and the car departure time t 1l at which the queue ends by formulas (1), (3), and (5). It can be expressed as…”

“…e bottleneck model can clearly reveal the formation and dissipation process of traffic congestion. On this basis, many researchers have carried out the research of commuting bottleneck management (e.g., Xiao et al [2], Chen et al [3], Khan and Amin [4], Guo and Sun [5], and Zhu et al [6]). Li et al [7] pointed out that the research on the bottleneck model in the past 50 years mainly focuses on travel behavior analysis, demand-side strategies, supply-side strategies, and joint strategies of demand and supply sides.…”