MULTICOMMODITY FLOWS ON ROAD NETWORKS M. HERTY?, C. KIRCHNER?, S. MOUTARI† , AND M. RASCLE† Abstract. In this paper, we discuss the multicommodity flow for vehicular traffic on road net- works. To model the traffic, we use the “Aw-Rascle” multiclass macroscopic model [3]. We describe a solution to the Riemann problem at junctions with a criterion of maximization of the total flux, taking into account the destination path of the vehicles. At such a junction, the actual distribution depends on the demands and the supplies on the incoming and outgoing roads, respectively. Further- more, this new distribution scheme captures efficiently key merging characteristics of the traffic and contrary to [15] leads to an easy computational model to solve approximately the homogenization problem described in [15], [16]. Furthermore, we deduce the equivalent distribution scheme for the LWR multiclass model in [9] and we compare the results with those obtained with the “Aw-Rascle” multiclass model for the same initial conditions. Key words. Aw–Rascle model, multicommodity flow models, traffic networks subject classifications. 35LXX, 35L6 1. Introduction A typical vehicular traffic system consists of the vehicle- driver pairs and the infrastructures, i.e., a collection of highways systems and all their operational elements. In a vehicular traffic system, a number of trips - defined by their destination path, the travel route, etc. - interact on the road network and generate various dynamics and phenomena.
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