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DEVELOPMENT OF PASSENGER CAR EQUIVALENTS FOR FREEWAYS, TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS, AND ARTERIALS.
| 题名： | DEVELOPMENT OF PASSENGER CAR EQUIVALENTS FOR FREEWAYS, TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS, AND ARTERIALS. |
| 作者： | Elefteriadou-L; Torbic-D; Webster-N |
| 关键词： | PASSENGER-CAR-EQUIVALENCE; HIGHWAY-CAPACITY-MANUAL; TRUCKS-; BUSES-VEHICLES; RECREATIONAL-VEHICLES; IMPACT-STUDIES; TRAFFIC-OPERATIONS; FREEWAYS-; MULTILANE-HIGHWAY; TWO-LANE-HIGHWAYS; HEAVY-VEHICLES; TRAFFIC-FLOW; GRADE-SLOPE; LENGTH-OF-GRADE; TRAFFIC-SIMULATION; VEHICLE-LENGTH; VEHICLE-WEIGHT; HORSEPOWER- |
| 摘要： | Passenger car equivalents (PCEs) have been used extensively in the "Highway Capacity Manual" to establish the impact of trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles on traffic operations. PCEs are currently being used for studying freeways, multilane highways, and two-lane highways. A heavy-vehicle factor is directly given for the impact of heavy vehicles at signalized intersections (and indirectly along arterials). These PCE values are typically based on a limited number of simulations and on older simulation models. In addition, the impact of variables such as traffic flow, truck percentage, truck type (i.e., length and weight/horsepower ratio), grade, and length of grade on PCEs has not been evaluated in depth for all facility types. The methodology for developing PCEs for different truck types for the full range of traffic conditions on freeways, two-lane highways, and arterials is described. Given the scope of this research and the variability of traffic conditions to be examined, simulation was selected as the most appropriate tool. The resulting PCE values for freeways, two-lane highways, and arterials indicated that some variables, such as percentage of trucks, do not always have the expected effect on PCEs, whereas other variables, such as vehicle type, are crucial in the calculations. Generally, major differences in PCEs occurred for the longer and steeper grades. There was great variability in PCE values as a function of the weight/horsepower ratio as well as of vehicle length. |
| 总页数： | Transportation Research Record. 1997. (1572) pp51-58 (1 Fig., 5 Tab., 25 Ref.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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