From single vehicle data a number of new empirical results about the temporal evolution, correlation, and density-dependence of macroscopic traffic quantities have been determined. These have relevant implications for traffic modeling and allow to test existing traffic models.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9806062,
title = {Empirical Traffic Data and Their Implications for Traffic Modeling},
author = {Dirk Helbing},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9806062},
year = {2009}
}
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For related work see http://www.theo2.physik.uni-stuttgart.de/helbing.html