CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHOICE OF SPEED STANDARD ON MAIN ROADS IN URBAN AREAS

KONSEKVENSER AV VAL AV HASTIGHETSSTANDARD PAA HUVUDTRAFIKLEDER I TAETORTER

If a main road in an urban area is designed for a higher speed standard, the road users will benefit by reduced travel time and increased comfort. Furthermore, there will be a transfer of the traffic from other roads, which is of advantage to the people living next to these roads. An increased speed standard of a main road often requires considerable infringements of the environment. Higher speeds and increased traffic flows result in environmental impairment; the routes for pedestrians and cyclists will become longer, the conditions along connecting feeding streets may be influenced by the increased distances between intersections which are required at the higher standard of speed. The consequences for public transport may be positive as well as negative. These conditions cause complicated adjustments between a broad range of consequences for different activities and groups. In order to assist these adjustments a method for describing the consequences has been developed. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Lund University of Technology, Sweden

  Institution for Traffic Engineering, Fack 725
  S-220 07 Lund 7,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Bergh, T
  • Lundherg, S
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 131 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Comfort; Cyclists; Environment; Evaluation and assessment; Highway design; Methodology; Motor vehicles; Networks; Pedestrians; Public transit; Roads; Speed; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Travel time; Travelers; Trip length; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2855: Highway design; 697: Journey time; 2748: Main road; 9102: Method; 744: Public transport; 1053: Road network; 5408: Speed; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164375
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bulletin 12 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM