Simplified model that calculates travel time delay caused by trucks ascending grades on two-lane highways is presented; model simulates various headway distributions and traffic compositions; sample calculation of travel time delays incurred by passenger cars and small trucks resulting from slow-moving, heavy-laden trucks on long steep grades is included. (07091)


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    Title :

    Economic analysis of truck climbing lanes on two-lane highways


    Additional title:

    Highw Res Rec


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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