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Collectively optimal routing for congested traffic limited by link capacity.

Bogdan Danila1, Yudong Sun, Kevin E Bassler

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-5005, USA. dbogdan@mail.uh.edu

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Optimizing city traffic networks involves selecting routes that minimize link congestion. Judicious use of lower-capacity links can significantly reduce overall traffic delays and travel times.

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Area of Science:

  • Complex network theory
  • Urban traffic systems
  • Transportation engineering

Background:

  • Urban street grids are complex networks susceptible to traffic congestion.
  • Understanding traffic flow dynamics is crucial for efficient urban planning.
  • Heterogeneity in link capacities and transport loads significantly impacts network performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To optimize the traffic-supporting capacity of complex networks modeling city street grids.
  • To investigate routing strategies that minimize congestion in heterogeneous networks.
  • To identify methods for reducing overall traffic congestion and average travel times.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling city street grids as complex networks.
  • Analyzing networks with heterogeneous link capacities and transport loads.
  • Developing routing strategies based on minimizing the ratio of betweenness to capacity for each link.

Main Results:

  • A novel routing strategy was identified to optimize network capacity for congested traffic.
  • The proposed strategy minimizes the maximum ratio of betweenness to capacity across all network links.
  • Significant reductions in overall traffic congestion and average travel times were observed.
  • Judicious utilization of slower, smaller-capacity links proved effective in congestion mitigation.

Conclusions:

  • Optimized routing in complex networks can enhance the capacity to support congested traffic.
  • Minimizing the betweenness-to-capacity ratio is a key strategy for efficient traffic flow.
  • Strategic use of diverse link capacities offers a viable approach to reducing urban traffic congestion and improving travel times.