Study on the Relationship between Passenger Cars’ Empty-loaded Rate and Traffic Volume on Shenyang Arterial Road

• Published in: Procedia engineering 2016, Vol.137, p.531-536
• Main Authors: Ma, Muting, Han, Fengchun, Han, Yan, Zhou, Xiaoxian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: carpool rate; curve fitting; empty-loaded rate; traffic survey; traffic volume
• ISSN: 1877-7058; 1877-7058
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.01.289

With the rapid development of urbanization and motorization, the proportion of the passenger cars is high, especially the empty-loaded rate has become one of the important factors causing traffic congestion. Based on the empty-loaded rate survey of passenger cars on the two arterial roads in Shenyang, a model which inflecting the relationship among passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate and carpool rate and traffic volume is established and verified by comparative analysis and curve fitting, and the empty-loaded passenger cars driving condition is forecasted. The results show that the average passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate is about 67.4% and the passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate in the morning rush is between 56% and 84.3%. When the traffic congestion, the passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate is inversely related to traffic volume and the carpool rate is positively related to traffic volume in the morning rush, and the relationship between passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate and traffic volume is not significant in the flat peak. Study on passenger cars’ empty-loaded rate has great significance on improving traffic conditions, encouraging the carpool and reducing the traffic congestion.