EFFECTS OF A GENERAL SPEED LIMIT ON PLATOONS OF VEHICLES
An account is given of an investigation into the effects of a 100 km/hr (62.5 mph) speed limit on platoons of vehicles in a before and after study in West Germany. Characteristics of platoons are defined and related to variables which influence their occurrence. Platoon rate, platoon size and number of vehicles following in a platoon per hour were computed as a function of the flow rate from measurements on 54 highway sections. Details are given of the results and analysis and graphs of the data presented. It is found that as the size of platoons and speed of vehicles following in platoons does not change significantly during the study period an impairment of the mobility of traffic flow cannot be deduced. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Printerhall Limited
29 Newmart Street
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Authors:
- KELLER, H
- Publication Date: 1976-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 300-303
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Serial:
- Traffic Engineering & Control
- Volume: 17
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
- ISSN: 0041-0683
- Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bunching; Charts; Motor vehicles; Numbers; Size; Speed; Speed limits; Traffic control; Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Traffic surveys; Vehicles
- Geographic Terms: Germany
- ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 652: Bunching; 6486: Chart; 9014: Dimension; 8125: Germany; 6432: Number; 5408: Speed; 624: Speed limit; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow; 676: Traffic survey
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00142766
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM