Analysis on Characteristics of Traffic Demand about SuTong Bridge

Thanks to her special geographical location, SuTong Changjiang Highway Bridge, which lies in the most economically developed area-Yangtze River Delta, becomes the vital transportation passageway to prosper the economic development between South of Jiangsu province and Zhejiang & Shanghai. This paper analyzed the characteristics of traffic demand of SuTong Bridge from different angles, such as hourly/daily/monthly/space/vehicle-types features and drew some significant conclusions, based on the particular data of traffic volume of SuTong Bridge in 2010. The conclusions comprises: the traffic demand of Sutong Bridge increased by nearly 18 thousand vehicles per month; Average monthly growth rate was 1.95%; MADT in October was the highest (1/k was up to 1.12); In addition, the spatial distribution and the motor-type proportion of river-crossing vehicles were analysed.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.286
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813024129
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Jiang Chenming et al.
• Authors:
  • Chenming, Jiang
  • Jian, Lu
  • Yuming, Jiang
  • Xiaonan, Cai
  • Chunlu, Peng
• Conference:
  • 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2013)
  • Location: Shenzhen , China
  • Date: 2013-8-13 to 2013-8-16
• Publication Date: 2013-11-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 2553-2562
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic development; Traffic data; Traffic distribution; Traffic volume; Travel demand
• Identifier Terms: Sutong Bridge (China)
• Uncontrolled Terms: River crossings
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01504493
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 2014 2:29PM