Multi-anticipative car-following model

The microscopic car-following model by Bando et al. [1-4] is extended by in corporating multivehicle interactions. It is shown that the reaction to mor e than one vehicle ahead leads to a stabilization of the dynamical behavior , i. e. the stable region increases. Still the fundamental macroscopic prop erties of traffic, free flow and congested flow, are described. More import ant, due to the multi-anticipative driving behavior driving in narrow plato ons is forced such that a third fundamental property of traffic flow, the s o-called synchronized flow [5], is modeled as well.