Proportion of Vehicles Moving Freely Depending on Traffic Volume and Proportion of Trucks And Buses

Authors

  • Tomasz Szczuraszek Dept of Highway Engineering, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Kaliskiego str. 7, Bydgoszcz, 85-789 Poland
  • Elzbieta Macioszek Dept of Traffic Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Krasinskiego str. 8, Katowice, 40-019 Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2013.17

Keywords:

traffic flows, traffic conditions, roundabouts, proportion of free headways in flow, heavy vehicles

Abstract

Adequate description of traffic in all intersections where traffic is not controlled by traffic lights is substantially affected by the adopted model of proportion of vehicles which move freely in traffic flow. The present study attempts to evaluate the proportion of vehicles moving freely in traffic flow depending on traffic volume and the effect of proportion of trucks and buses on this parameter. The analyses were carried out with an example of flows of vehicles moving in small roundabouts. It was observed based on the results of the analyses that the proportion of vehicles moving freely in traffic flow depending on traffic volume is best characterized by a spline, composed of three components which include quasifree traffic, uniform traffic and non-uniform traffic.

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27.06.2013

How to Cite

Szczuraszek, T., & Macioszek, E. (2013). Proportion of Vehicles Moving Freely Depending on Traffic Volume and Proportion of Trucks And Buses. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 8(2), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2013.17