Traffic Concentration and Level of Service of Roads: Development of Appropriate Measures for Heterogeneous Traffic - Couverture souple

Thamizh Arasan, Venkatachalam; Gnanavelu, Dhivya

 
9783639375015: Traffic Concentration and Level of Service of Roads: Development of Appropriate Measures for Heterogeneous Traffic
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639375017 ISBN 13 : 9783639375015
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2011

Synopsis

This book deals with appropriate methodologies for measuring traffic concentration and Level-of-Service (Los) of roads. The LoS of roads is quantified using speed-flow curves taking traffic density as the guiding factor. Later, a better measure to represent traffic concentration, named, ‘Occupancy', was proposed. However, this measure is not appropriate for heterogeneous traffic conditions such as the one prevailing on the roads of developing countries. Hence, a new measure, named, ‘Area-Occupancy', is proposed here. It has also been found that the proposed measure can be applied to homogeneous traffic conditions also. Hence, the proposed measure of traffic concentration will have universal application. Based on the new measure (area-occupancy), LoS criteria for roads carrying heterogeneous traffic were then developed and the various level-of-service boundaries were delineated. This book, we hope, will be a good reference for both academics and practicing professionals working in the area of Traffic Engineering.

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À propos des auteurs

V. Thamizh Arasan is currently a full Professor in the Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. G. Dhivya was formerly a Ph.D. Scholar in the Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, India and currently self employed.

V. Thamizh Arasan is currently a full Professor in the Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. G. Dhivya was formerly a Ph.D. Scholar in the Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, India and currently self employed.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639375017
ISBN 13 
9783639375015
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
260
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Personne responsable
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