EFFECT OF TRUCKS ON FREEWAY FLOWS

THIS PAPER REPORTS ON THE EFFECT OF SLOW VEHICLES OR TRUCKS ON FLOW, DENSITY, AND TRAVEL TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF TRIPLE LANE FREEWAYS. IT IS ASSUMED THAT TRUCKS TRAVEL IN THE OUTER OF TWO LANES AT AN AVERAGE SPEED THAT IS LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE SPEED OF CARS. CARS TRAVELING IN THE OUTER LANE QUEUE BEHIND SLOWER MOVING TRUCKS UNTIL THEY FIND SUITABLE PASSING GAPS IN THE INNER LANE. THE FORMATION AND DISSIPATION OF THESE MOVING QUEUES ARE DISCUSSED AS A FUNCTION OF VELOCITY, DENSITY, AND PASSING CRITERIA./AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Oliver, Robert M
  • Newman, Leonard
• Publication Date: 1963

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 67-72
• Monograph Title: Traffic flow theory
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dissipation; Forming; Freeways; Motion; Moving industry; Multilane highways; Passing; Queuing; Slow moving vehicles; Traffic; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Travel time; Trucks; Velocity
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226986
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:55PM