INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE AND LANE UTILIZATION WITHIN A PASSING LANE ON A TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAY
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
An investigation into platooning and passing maneuvers within a passing lane section on a rural two-lane, two-way highway was considered in this study. The study site was located on US Highway 287 between the town of Townsend and the City of Helena in the state of Montana. Traffic volumes at study site, while considered relatively low, were typical on two-lane highways in many rural states. Per-lane analysis of performance measures and lane utilization (volume split) were used to indirectly examine passing maneuvers and lane changing at successive locations within the passing lane section. For the case study site, it was evident that traffic performance became relatively stable beyond half a mile into the passing lane for the traffic volumes investigated. Therefore, results strongly suggested that most passing maneuvers already took place before the 0.5-mile station and that the actual passing lane length was well beyond the optimal length required for breaking up platoons and improving performance.
Authors and Affiliations
Zachary Freedman, Ahmed Al-Kaisy
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP151703
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.7708/ijtte.2013.3(3).05
- Views 113
- Downloads 0
EFFECT OF PEDESTRIANS UN-SIGNALIZED MID-BLOCK CROSSING ON VEHICULAR SPEED
Pedestrian is one of the important component in urban transportation system and also vulnerable at un-protected mid-block locations under mixed traffic conditions. At un-protected mid-block locations, some of the vehicle...
MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAMS: SIMULATION FINDINGS FOR THESSALONIKI’S ROAD NETWORK
Within the framework of this paper, the existence of a Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) for the city of Thessaloniki is discussed, obtained through simulation. Initial findings show that there is a well-defined MFD,...
DINAMIČKO PONAŠANJE ZUBACA SA VELIKIM PRENOSNIM ODNOSOM
U radu je opisano dinamičko ponašanje zupčanika sa kosim zupcima i novi pristup izračunavanju uticajnih promenljivih: krutost spregnutih zubaca, dužina kontaktnih linija i raspodela opterećenja tokom sprezanja. Za prorač...
EFFECTS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION IN TOLLING SYSTEM
Tolling system is a complex information and communication system that provides toll charging on highway sections. Traffic Management and Supervision System – TMSS enables the communication integration of all the elements...
MODELLING OF DAILY ACTIVITY SCHEDULE OF WORKERS USING UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE
Travel demand models are used to replicate the real world travel demand and to predict the future travel demand. A behavioural oriented approach in travel demand analysis is provided by activity based travel demand model...