Improvement of Curvature Change Rate (Parameter) in Two-Line Rural Roads
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https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2024-19.626Keywords:
curvature change rate of road alignment, geometric road design, horizontal curves, road safety, road safety criteria, road safety moduleAbstract
The studies in various countries show that one of the main causes of accidents on rural roads still remains the drivers’ errors in choosing safe speed, which can be attributed to the errors of perceiving the road alignment. The current practice shows that the engineering safety improvement measures as well as accident prevention measures such as intersection design, traffic signs and equipment, facilities for vulnerable road users, access management, and human behaviour are not always effective. Probably, one of the alternatives to solve this problem is a design methodology that is used in the European Union countries and based on road safety criteria and road safety module. This methodology is aimed at ensuring design consistency between the elements of road alignment in a way that the driver intuitively chooses safe speed or the probability of errors in perceiving the road alignment is minimum. The article presents experimental research carried out in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, the objective of which is to determine the accuracy of road safety module and to suggest possible alternatives for its improvement.
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Montella, A., & Imbriani, L.L. (2015). Safety performance functions incorporating design consistency variables. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 74, 133–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.10.019
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Shao, Y., Xu, J., Li, B., & Yang, K. (2014). Modeling the speed choice behaviors of drivers on mountainous roads with complicated shapes. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 7(2), Article 862610. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/862610
Swedish National Road Administration. (1986). Standard specifications for geometric design of rural roads. Borlaenge.
Swiss Association of Road Specialists. (1991). Highway design, fundamentals, speed as a design element. Zurich.
Trafikverket. (2015). TRVK Krav utformning av vägar och gator. www. trafikverket.se
Oña, J., Garach, L., Calvo, F., & García-Muñoz, T. (2014). Relationship between predicted speed reduction on horizontal curves and safety on two-lane rural roads in Spain. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140(3), Article 04013015. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000624
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Bertulienė, L., Girdvainis, R., Juknevičiūtė-Žilinskienė, L., & Gintalas, V. (2024). Improvement of Curvature Change Rate (Parameter) in Two-Line Rural Roads. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 19(1), 34-52. https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2024-19.626
