Abstract
This study proposes a modified asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) approach to simulating low-to-high traffic densities, from which the three-phase traffic phenomena are explored. The chronologically-ordered flow, speed and occupancy data extracted from Taiwan freeway's dual-loop detectors are analyzed and tested. The observed traffic features do exhibit free-flow phase, synchronized-flow phase, and breakdown phenomenon, which can also be elucidated by the simulated results with the proposed approach. Paired traffic parameters are displayed by their relations and by their chronological order so that more insightful traffic features are explored.
