Macroscopic Models in Traffic Flow

Abstract.The most known macroscopic equations for traffic flow are reviewed from a unified point of view. The analysis is done taking into account their origin, historical development and the results coming from the different treatments. We consider mainly models which describe traffic flow by means of up to three evolution equations for macroscopic variables.

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