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TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS
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What is
TRANSPORTATION
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3 Transportation System
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4 Transportation System
Major transportation subsystems
Land transportation: highway, rail
Air transportation: domestic, international
Water transportation: inland, coastal, ocean
Pipelines: oil, gas, other
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5 Transportation
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Study of Traffic Engineering
6 engineering is a comparatively new branch of engineering and
Traffic
has grown with the increase in traffic in recent years. As vehicular
traffic began to increase, the congestion on the streets began to
hamper the safe and efficient movement of traffic. More and more
accidents were caused, and serious problems of parking and
environmental pollution began to felt. It was therefore necessary to
give increasing attention to the operational characteristics of highway
transportation and study the need for better geometric design ,
capacity intersections traffic regulations, signals traffic signs,
roadway markings, parking facilities and street lightning.
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Introduction to Traffic Engineering
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Traffic
Traffic engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with
planning and geometric design of streets, highway, and
operating traffic systems to achieve safe, economical,
convenient and efficient movement of persons and goods.
Object of Traffic Engineering:
The basic object of traffic engineering is to achieve efficient, free
and rapid flow of traffic with least number of traffic accident.
Factors affecting Traffic:
The Road user
The Vehicle
The Roadway
The environment
Drivers of various types of vehicles and pedestrians are
known as road user. They are human being, hence affected by so
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many factors.
Traffic Characteristics
First 8of the most important scientific study is the study of the
traffic characteristics. Traffic can be classified into two classes:
Road Users.
Vehicular traffic.
Road user characteristics
Human beings performing different roles in the traffic are most
important elements of the traffic and so we have to study their
characteristics and behavior. Various roles of human are such as
driver, pedestrians, cyclists etc. The physical, mental and
emotional characteristics of human beings affect their ability to
operate motor vehicle safely or to service as a pedestrian.
Hence it is important for a traffic engineer to study the
characteristics and limitations of the road users.
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Roaduser Characteristics
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Traffic Characteristics
Mental11 Characteristics: Knowledge, skill, intelligence, experience and
literacy can affect the road user characteristics. Knowledge of vehicle
characteristics, traffic behavior, driving practice, rules of roads and
psychology of road users will be quite useful for safe traffic operations.
Psychological factors: These effect reaction to traffic situations of road
users to a great extent. Attentiveness, anger, fear, anxiety, phobias,
superstition, and impatience may effect the traffic performance to great
extent.
Environment factors: The various environmental conditions affecting the
behavior of road user are traffic stream characteristics, facilities to the
traffic, atmospheric conditions and locality. The traffic stream may consist
of mixed traffic or heavy traffic whereas facilities to overtake to the faster
vehicles may be limited. The behavior of the driver varies from one
traffic stream to another.
Similarly the facilities of the traffic separators, multi-lanes etc will effect
the performance. Surrounding environment effect the performance of
the traffic because one will get slower at the market places and will be
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What is PIEv Theory ?
Acc. To PIEV theory the total reaction time of the driver is split
into four parts .
2) Intellection time :
It is the time required for understanding the situation.
4) Volition time :
volition time is the time taken for the final action.
Total reaction time of driver may be vary from 0.5 sec to 4
sec
Lag distance = v* t
Reaction time of the driver is the time taken from the instant the
object is visible to the driver to the instant the brakes are effectively
applied.
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Traffic Characteristics
Static
20 Characteristics
Design vehicle: the selected representative vehicle for
the geometric design and control systems
– Its dimensions are important for the determination of
design standards for several physical components of the
highway:
– lane width, shoulder width, parking bays length and width,
and lengths of vertical curves.
– Vehicle weight is important for the determination of
pavement depths and maximum grades.
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Dynamics characteristics of vehicles affecting road design are
speed, acceleration and braking characteristics and some aspects
of vehicle design. The speed and acceleration depends upon the
power of the engine and the resistant to be overcome and are
important in all geometric design elements.
The deceleration and braking characteristics guide safe vehicle
operation. The stability of vehicle and its safe movement of
horizontal curves are affected by the width of wheel base. The
riding comfort on vertical curves depends on the design of
suspension system of vehicles.
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Power of vehicle
The power of the heaviest vehicles and their loaded weights
govern the permissible and limiting values of gradient on roads.
From the total hauling capacity and power required to overcome
the total tractive resistance it is possible to determine the speed
and acceleration of the vehicle which in turn useful in traffic
regulation, planning and design.
Braking characteristics
The deceleration and braking characteristics of vehicles depend
on design and type of breaking system and its efficiency. The
safety of vehicle operation, stopping distance, and the spacing
between two consecutive vehicle in a traffic stream is affected by
the braking capacity. Thus the highway capacity and overtaking
sight distance requirements also get indirectly affected.
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