Geometric road design for heavy vehicles: advancing but still a way to go

Historically, geometric road design for heavy vehicles focussed on providing sufficient road space within the road cross-section and for vehicle swept paths at intersections. Design criteria related to heavy vehicle performance were limited to grades and climbing lanes. The 2003 Austroads guides for the geometric design of roads incorporated truck stopping sight distance criteria for the first time and listed situations that should be checked for truck operation. The 2009 Guide to Road Design now requires designs to be checked to ensure that they are safe for trucks and includes additional design criteria based on Australian research and experience over the last 10 years. This paper covers: 1. How geometric road design for heavy vehicles has been advanced by the 2009 Guide; 2. The research, experience and assumptions behind the development of some of the criteria; 3. The relevance of design vehicles; 4. The new challenges and compromises that will be faced by road designers; 5. Important design criteria that still need to be developed. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E220164.

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• Authors:
  • COX, R
  • ARNDT, O
• Publication Date: 2010-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 18P
• Monograph Title: Building on 50 years of road transport research: 24th ARRB Conference, 12-15 October 2010, Melbourne, Victoria: proceedings
• Serial:
  • ARRB CONFERENCE, 24TH, 2010, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: ARRB
  • ISSN: 0572-1431

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Highway design; Improvements; Layout; Trucks
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2885: Geometric design; 1236: Heavy goods vehicle; 1236: Heavy vehicle; 1236: HGV; 2855: Highway design; 9108: Improvement; 1236: Truck
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01335591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 187659263X
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 15 2011 1:22PM