Eur. Phys. J. B 31, 413-420 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00049-y

Numerical study of two classes of cellular automaton models for traffic flow on a two-lane roadway

LMSPCPV, Département de Physique, FST, BP 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco

Corresponding author: ^a najemmoussa@hotmail.com

Received: 21 July 2002
Revised: 16 October 2002
Published online: 14 February 2003

Abstract

In this paper, we present computer simulation results of traffic flow on a two-lane roadway with different types of vehicles, cars and trucks for example. We consider two classes of two-lane traffic cellular automaton models, namely the well known Nagel-Schreckenberg model and an extension of the Fukui-Ishibashi model. These two models, which differ in their acceleration limits, show an important differences in their fundamental diagrams, lane-changing and ping-pong behaviors. Moreover, we investigate the importance of braking noise and the proportion of trucks on the traffic flow of a two-lane roadway.