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Apr 26, 2012
Is Heavy Vehicle Percentage (HVP) a Necessary Factor for Predicting Highway Work Zone Capacity?
Authors: Dazhi Sun [email protected], Jinpeng Lv, and Cheng C. ChenAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Traffic and Transportation Studies
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The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the heavy vehicle percentage is not a necessary factor for predicting highway work zone capacity. First, based on the analysis of a multiple regression model in previous study, an improved model introduced the concept of passenger car equivalent (PCE) and defined the effect index (EI) for evaluating the importance of different factor affecting the work zone capacity. The smaller EI of heavy vehicle percentage indicated that the heavy vehicle percentage was not the key factor when estimating the work zone capacity. Second, this paper also ran simulations to compare the travel time when the passenger car equivalent volume remained in the same. The results showed only 5% of the difference in the travel time varied with the heavy vehicle percentages. At last, a new model without the input of heavy vehicle percentage was further developed. Its performance had been proven to be better than that recommended in highway capacity manual (HCM).
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Automobiles
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Construction sites
- Engineering fundamentals
- Highway and road management
- Highway transportation
- Highways and roads
- Infrastructure
- Passengers
- Public transportation
- Regression analysis
- Statistical analysis (by type)
- Traffic capacity
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Transportation engineering
- Travel time
- Vehicles
- Work zones
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Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Texas A&M University -Kingsville, MSC 194, Kingsville, TX 78363.E-mail: [email protected]
Jinpeng Lv
Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Texas A&M University -Kingsville, MSC 194, Kingsville, TX 78363
Cheng C. Chen
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Texas A&M University -Kingsville, MSC 194, Kingsville, TX 78363
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