A Study of Mandatory Lane Change Execution in Heterogeneous Traffic on Arterial Road

This thesis explores lane change execution behaviour in heterogeneous traffic, with a focus on mandatory lane changes on arterial roads. Existing lane change studies mostly pay attention to the lane change generation process, while the lane change execution process is often simplified or even ignored. The lane changing of different vehicle types is also not investigated satisfactorily. To address these knowledge gaps, this research has improved the understanding of mandatory lane change execution, identified the influencing factors to lane change execution and furthermore developed lane change execution models for both passenger cars and heavy vehicles.