Abstract: This paper uses the Taylor expansion to seek an approximate Kortewegde Vries equation (KdV) solution to a higher-order traffic flow model with sufficiently large diffusion. It demonstrates the validity of the approximate KdV solution considering all the related parameters to ensure the physical boundedness and the stability of the solution. Moreover, when the viscosity coefficient depends on the density and velocity of the flow, the wave speed of the KdV solution is naturally related to either the first or the second characteristic field. The finite element method is extended to solve the model and
examine the stability and accuracy of the approximate KdV solution.

Key words: cone, telegraph system, fixed point theorem, higher-order traffic flow model, viscosity coefficient, approximate Kortewegde Vries equation (KdV) solution, finite element scheme, doubly periodic solution