Research Article

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES

Volume: 7 Number: 1 June 29, 2021
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INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES

Abstract

Traffic congestion usually occurs at freeway merges due to the inequality of lane numbers at upstream and downstream. The freeway entry, defined as on-ramp, is the main cause of this irregularity and in order to clarify its effect, three freeway merges are investigated in this study with macroscopic flow parameters where a variety of geometric properties are present. In each merge, when the capacity flow is achieved at downstream, the on-ramp and upstream flows are determined and the relationship between upstream flow rate and ‘on-ramp ratio’, which is calculated by dividing the on ramp flow rate to the sum of on-ramp and upstream flow rates, is investigated. An inverse relationship is determined between total upstream flows (upstream flow plus on-ramp flow) with respect to on-ramp ratio. As a result, the merge with one lane drop and three-lanes at downstream seems to be least influenced type while the merge with two lanes drop and four lanes at downstream is the highest. For the former, 1% increase in on-ramp ratio causes a reduction of 20 pcu/h/lane on sum of total upstream flows while for the latter 26 pcu/h/lane. It is seen that the term on ramp ratio, can be quite useful variable for establishing capacities of freeway merges with the help of upstream and on-ramp traffic demands.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 29, 2021

Submission Date

January 7, 2021

Acceptance Date

April 3, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Aksoy, G., & Öğüt, K. S. (2021). INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, 7(1), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.855671
AMA
1.Aksoy G, Öğüt KS. INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2021;7(1):73-82. doi:10.22531/muglajsci.855671
Chicago
Aksoy, Göker, and Kemal Selçuk Öğüt. 2021. “INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 7 (1): 73-82. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.855671.
EndNote
Aksoy G, Öğüt KS (June 1, 2021) INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 7 1 73–82.
IEEE
[1]G. Aksoy and K. S. Öğüt, “INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES”, Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 73–82, June 2021, doi: 10.22531/muglajsci.855671.
ISNAD
Aksoy, Göker - Öğüt, Kemal Selçuk. “INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 7/1 (June 1, 2021): 73-82. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.855671.
JAMA
1.Aksoy G, Öğüt KS. INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2021;7:73–82.
MLA
Aksoy, Göker, and Kemal Selçuk Öğüt. “INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 7, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 73-82, doi:10.22531/muglajsci.855671.
Vancouver
1.Göker Aksoy, Kemal Selçuk Öğüt. INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPSTREAM AND ON-RAMP FLOWS AT DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LEVEL ON ISTANBUL FREEWAY MERGES. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2021 Jun. 1;7(1):73-82. doi:10.22531/muglajsci.855671

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