DYNAMICS CALCULATION MODEL FOR PASSENGER-CAR EQUIVALENTS

There are many methods use to calculate passenger--car equivalents (PCE), but the results from different methods vary largely. From the fundamental reason why vehicles interact each other, this paper uses power factor as index to evaluate PCEs. Power factor can not only reflect the process of speed varying with road condition and dynamics better, but also describe the vehicle type differences existing in practical traffic stream exactly.

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• Authors:
  • Hailong, Gao
  • Xiaojing, W
  • Chunyan, Wang
• Conference:
  • 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 2002-10-14 to 2002-10-17
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Dynamics; Heavy vehicles; Highway capacity; Passenger car equivalence; Power factor (Electricity); Speed; Traffic; Traffic flow; Vehicle classification
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00940804
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 2003 12:00AM