Macroscopic Characteristics of Bicycle Traffic Flow

A bird's-eye view of cycling

Doctoral thesis (2021)

Authors

M.J. Wierbos Transport and Planning - CEG
Research Group
Transport and Planning (CEG) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Transport and Planning

Research Group

Transport and Planning

Abstract

This dissertation studies the dynamics of bicycle traffic flow. The research focuses on busy situations such as bicycle queues at intersections and congestion upstream of a bottleneck. The cycling movements are analyzed on the aggregated scale in terms of density, speed and flow. Furthermore, cyclists are included in a traffic flow model by introducing a mode-specific speed function, which enables the modeling of a mixed traffic situation.