Chen, Danjue; Ahn, Soyoung; Hegyi, Andreas - In: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 70 (2014) C, pp. 340-358
New variable speed limit (VSL) schemes are developed based on the Kinematic Wave theory to increase freeway bottleneck discharge rates under two scenarios: (i) steady queue and (ii) oscillatory queue. The key principle is to impose VSL control some distance upstream of a bottleneck to starve the...