Regular solutions to the dissipative Aw-Rascle system

In this paper we prove the local-in-time existence of regular solutions to dissipative Aw-Rascle system with the offset equal to gradient of some increasing and regular function of density. It is a mixed degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic hydrodynamic model, and we extend the techniques previously developed for compressible Navier-Stokes equations to show the well-posedness of the system in the $L_2-L_2$ setting. We also discuss relevant existence results for offset involving singular or nonlocal functions of density.