TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF RURAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS

THE NEED IS DISCUSSED TO DEFINE THE MOST BENEFICIAL HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC CAPACITY. A DEFINITION OF AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS PROPOSED, BASED ON ACCUMULATION AND DISPERSAL OF MOVING QUEUES. ALIGNMENT FEATURES RESTRICTING PASSING ARE REVIEWED AND THEORETICAL CAPACITIES ARE CALCULATED, ASSUMING TYPICAL ENGLISH SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS. CAPACITIES OF GRADIENTS AND DELAYS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. /BPR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 9, pp 533-535
• Authors:
  • Fletcher, J H
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Highway capacity; Highway grades; Highways; Improvements; Level of service; Passing sight distance; Queuing theory; Rural highways; Slopes; Traffic delays; Traffic speed; Two lane highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Queueing theory
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227793
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:45AM