Dukes of Hazzardous Lane Changes

Name
Kyle Evitts
Kara Grant
Nathan Mills
Position
Undergraduate Student
School
Linfield College
Talk Abstract
In this talk we present the work we did for the COMAP-MCM competition. Our paper examined the effects of various freeway passing schemes on traffic congestion and driver safety by using a computer simulation. The three rules we considered are the common keep-right-unless-passing, and slower-traffic-keep-right rules, as well as a no passing rule as a control. Overall, our data suggested to us that the slower-traffic-keep-right-rule seems to be marginally better at reducing traffic congestion. We found that driver compliance was an important factor in traffic flow.
Talk Length
Short Talk (10 mins)
Talk Subject
COMAP MCM