Modeling traffic flow on two-lane roads with traffic lights and countdown timer

The paper presents the analysis of the impact of various drivers' behaviours on the traffic flow in the city. The analysis of the countdown timers mounted at traffic lights and their positive influence on traffic flow was also presented. The study was based on a simulation system based on cellular automaton (CA) model and multi-agent technology. The developed CA model is based on cells of smaller size than the size of the CA cell in the Nagel-Schreckenberg traffic model. The model also reflects the real behaviour of drivers described in the literature and observed in the reality. The research experiments were carried out on the example of a two-lane road with traffic lights. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.