Research Article

Assessing the Potential of the Strategic Formation of Urban Platoons for Shared Automated Vehicle Fleets

Table 3

Summary of traffic-related parameter values for different road types.

Road typesCapacity (vehicles per hour per lane)Free-flow Speed (km/h)Saturation flow (vehicles per hour per lane)Speed at capacity (km/h)Jam density (vehicles per km)

Urban road 1120050120035120
Urban road 2120050120035120
Urban road 3157550157535120
Urban road 4160050160035120
Urban road 5163350163335120
Rural road135050135035120
Local road9005090035120
Local road9003090025120