The research project examined attributes associated with tractor-trailer trucks accelerating on freeway entry ramps and entering the main traffic lanes. Data for this project were collected at five commercial vehicle weigh stations in Arkansas and Missouri, which allowed the researchers to examine the effects of vehicle weight as the trucks accelerated. Other attributes examined included truck speeds at various distances from the scales, freeway volumes, and freeway grades. From the analysis, the report offers recommendations about the lengths of acceleration lanes needed for heavy vehicles to accelerate to speeds closer to the speeds on the main lanes, and be less disruptive to freeway traffic flow as the heavy vehicles merge into the main lanes.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Acceleration Lane Design for Higher Truck Volumes


    Beteiligte:
    J. L. Gattis (Autor:in) / M. Bryant (Autor:in) / L. K. Duncan (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008


    Format / Umfang :

    104 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Truck acceleration behavior study and acceleration lane length recommendations for metered on-ramps

    Guangchuan Yang / Hao Xu / Zhongren Wang et al. | DOAJ | 2016

    Freier Zugriff

    ACCELERATION LANE SYSTEM

    MURATA HAJIME | Europäisches Patentamt | 2019

    Freier Zugriff

    Another View of Truck Lane Restrictions

    Cate, Matthew A. / Urbanik, Thomas | Transportation Research Record | 2004


    Design Guidelines for Truck Lanes on Mexican Two-Lane Roads

    Mendoza, Alberto | Online Contents | 1996


    Another View of Truck Lane Restrictions

    Cate, Matthew A. | Online Contents | 2004