EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT ON TRAFFIC FLOW IN NORTH CAROLINA

THIS STUDY REVEALS THE MAGNITUDE AND SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM OF COMMERCIAL ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT ATTEMPTS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT BY MEANS OF A STUDY OF SPEED AND DELAY THROUGH NINE SELECTED TEST SITES. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEFINE AND MEASURE THE EFFECT OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS WHICH INFLUENCE TRAFFIC OPERATION. RESULTS ARE BASED ON DATA COLLECTED THROUGH THE USE OF TWO TEST-CAR TECHNIQUES-THE AVERAGE-CAR METHOD AND A NEWLY DEVELOPED MAXIMUM-CAR METHOD. VARIOUS MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH FACILITATE THE PREDICTION OF SPEEDS AND TURNING MOVEMENTS ALONG ANY SECTION OF COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED HIGHWAY, WERE DERIVED AND FIELD TESTED. SUCH AN EVALUATION MAY BE UTILIZED BY HIGHWAY PLANNERS TO HELP DETERMINE THE DESIRABLE DEGREE OF ACCESS CONTROL FOR PROPOSED FACILITIES OR THE NEED FOR REDESIGN AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/303/303-006.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 303, pp 76-93, 12 FIG, 6 TAB, 6 REF, 1 APP 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:
  • Horn, J W
  • Cribbins, P D
  • Blackburn, J D
  • Vick, C E
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1961

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Motor vehicle speed, volume, weight and travel times
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 303
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway operations; Highway planning; Least squares method; Mathematical analysis; Measurement; Roadside improvement; Traffic; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Old TRIS Terms: Commercial
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227162
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM