Abstract A procedure is developed for estimating highway speeds as a combined function of both traffic volumes and the geometric and environmental conditions surrounding the highway. The proposed method applies a general set of passenger car equivalent units (pcu's) for trucks, recreational vehicles, and opposing flows, in order to reduce traffic volumes to a single variable, which can then be introduced at either an average level, or at contrasting high and low levels, along with geometric/environmental conditions into a multiple linear regression equation which treats all of the factors simultaneously. The procedure is applied to estimate various speeds om rural 2-lane highways inOntario, using a data bank compiled in 1980. Equations are developed for the 10th, 50th and 90th percentile operating speeds. Speeds in Ontario are found to be affected by: traffic volumes, by direction and type of vehicle; access to adjacent land use; access from other highways; speed limit; existence of an extra lane; and grade These Ontario findings are tempered by a lack of severe grades on high-volume roads, and by standard road widths. Thus is recommended that the described procedure be re-applied in another jurisdiction using data which incorporate a wider range of grades, and road widths.


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    Title :

    Predicting speeds for rural 2-lane highways


    Contributors:
    Yagar, Sam (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1983-08-05


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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