Modeling Operating Speed Using Continuous Speed Profiles on Two-Lane Rural Highways in India
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 146, Issue 11
Abstract
The geometric elements of the road, such as tangents and curves, play a vital role in road safety because significant crashes are reported on the horizontal curves and tangent-to-curve transitions. Literature reveals that inconsistent geometric design of roads violates driver’s expectation of operating speed leading to crashes. For safe manoeuver, it is necessary to achieve consistent operating speed with road geometry based on the driver’s expectations rather than the designer’s perception. Estimation of reliable operating speeds in the design phase will help to design safer road alignments. Several past studies developed operating speed models on the curves and tangent-to-curve transitions. However, these models used spot speed data with the assumption that the constant speed persists on the horizontal curves and entire deceleration/acceleration occurs on the approach/departure tangents. In this study, an instrumented vehicle with a high-end GPS (global positioning system) device was used to obtain the continuous speed profiles for passenger cars which resulted in reliable and robust speed prediction models for a tangent, curve, and tangent-to-curve. The study also establishes a relationship between the differential of the 85th percentile speed and 85th percentile speed differential . The analysis results revealed that underestimates by , and predicted the actual speed reduction from tangent-to-curve transitions. Statistical analysis results showed low errors, variations, and strong correlation of the proposed models with the field data. The models developed in the present study were validated and compared with various other models available in the literature. The comparative study highlights the importance of using continuous speed profile data to calibrate the operating speed models.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Received: Jan 11, 2020
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Published online: Aug 19, 2020
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