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https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198196152300102

https://scholar.google.co...mmes&publication_year=1996

The validity of a speed-profile model for design consistency evaluation was tested, including (a) the speed reduction estimation ability of the model and (b) assumptions about deceleration and acceleration characteristics approaching and departing horizontal curves. Detailed speed data were collected at a sample of 10 horizontal tangent-curve sections on two-lane rural highways in Texas. The results indicate that the model provides a reasonable, albeit simplified, representation of speed profiles on horizontal alignments consisting of long tangents and isolated curves. The model provides reasonable estimates of speed reductions from long approach tangents to curves but does not account for the effect of nearby intersections on speeds. The results also indicate that the assumed 0.85 m/sec to the 2nd power value is reasonable for deceleration rates approaching curves that require speed reductions but may overestimate acceleration rates departing curves. The model's assumptions that deceleration occurs entirely on the approach tangent and that speeds are constant throughout a curve were not confirmed by observed speed behavior. The observations that deceleration continues after entering a curve and that speed adjustments occur throughout a curve are indicators of the difficulty drivers experience in judging appropriate speeds through curves.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1523, Geometric and Other General Design Issues.

English

p. 11-21

1996

Transportation Research Record

0309062217

Figures (7) ; References (15) ; Tables (5)

Acceleration (Mechanics); Curves (Geometry); Data collection; Deceleration; Design methods; Estimates; Highway design; Rural highways; Speed; Speed control; Traffic speed; Two lane highways; Validation; Velocity

Horizontal curvature; Speed reduction; Speed-profile models

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

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