title: Single-vehicle data of highway traffic: microscopic description of traffic phases.
abstract: We present a detailed analysis of single-vehicle data, which sheds some light on the microscopic interaction of the vehicles. Besides the analysis of free flow and synchronized traffic the data sets especially provide information about wide jams that persist for a long time. The data have been collected at a location far away from ramps and in the absence of speed limits, which allows a comparison with idealized traffic simulations. We also resolve some open questions concerning the time-headway distribution.
authors.affiliation: Theoretische Physik, Fakultät 4, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Lotharstrasse 1, 47048 Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knospe
authors.forename: Ludger
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santen
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schadschneider
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schreckenberg