THE RELATIONSHIPS OF VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION AND GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS TO PEAK PERIOD FREEWAY VOLUMES

THE THREE IMPORTANT PARAMETERS DESCRIBING THE OPERATION OF A HIGHWAY FACILITY ARE SPEED, VOLUME AND DENSITY OF THE TRAFFIC STREAM. THE VOLUME PARAMETER IS STUDIED. AN EFFICIENT SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN URBAN FREEWAY SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON VEHICLES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. TO LOCATE DETECTION EQUIPMENT IN EACH LANE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IS AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSAL. THE DEVELOPMENT IS DESCRIBED OF LINEAR MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODELS TO PREDICT TOTAL FREEWAY VOLUMES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL LANE VOLUMES. CLASSIFICATION OF VEHICLES WITH THE INTERLANE VOLUME CHARACTERISTICS IS ALSO CONSIDERED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1967/162/162-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Surti, Vasant H
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 86-118
• Monograph Title: Geometric aspects of highways
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 162
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Freeway operations; Freeways; Geometric design; Linear regression analysis; Mathematical models; Peak hour traffic; Regression analysis; Traffic control; Traffic density; Traffic lanes; Traffic speed; Traffic surveillance; Traffic volume; Vehicle classification
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Lanes; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 20 1994 12:00AM