Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control: The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory

The understanding of empirical traffic congestion occurring on unsignalized mul- lane highways and freeways is a key for effective traffic management, control, or- nization, and other applications of transportation engineering. However, the traffic flow theories and models that dominate up to now in transportation research journals and teaching programs of most universities cannot explain either traffic breakdown or most features of the resulting congested patterns. These theories are also ...