Abstract:In order to evaluate the operation status of urban traffic network dynamically, based on the two-fluid theory, the two-fluid service level parameter n is deduced and analyzed by introducing traffic flow theory and lo- gistic growth model. It is found that the value of n is not unique because the influence of network speed distri- bution is not taken into account, so the operation status of the network could not be evaluated well and accurate- ly. Based on the basic assumption of the two-fluid theory and the dynamic OD matrix, a new real-time dynamic evaluation method is proposed, which takes the parking time ratio fs as the index. The simulation results show that this method can avoid the shortcomings of the two-fluid theory in evaluating the road network with parame- ter n, and better evaluate the real-time operation status of the road network. The operation status of the network is better as the ratio fs decreases. The validity of the evaluation method is verified by an example of Nanjing road network of trunk line.