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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
* Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Calicut 673 601, e-mail: mvlr@nitc.ac.in
** Former Director, NIT, Calicut 673 601, e-mail: bannag123@yahoo.com
Written comments on this paper are invited and will be received upto 30th June, 2009.
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METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
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DATA COLLECTION
40.00
(km/h)
SP EE D (K
mph)
20.00
0.00
0.00
40.00
0.40
0.80
1.20
UNF ILTER ED DA TA
SP EE D (K
mph)
(km/h)
20.00
0.00
0.00
0.40
0.80
DI STANCE
1.20
68
23
459
2021
6631
6.40
21 8.84
29
23
460
2027
6651
6.40
21 8.53
28
24
461
2034
6673
6.71
22 9.45
31
24
462
2040
6693
6.10
20 9.45
31
25
463
2047
6715
6.71
22 10.36 34
25
464
2053
6737
6.71
22 9.75
32
26
465
2060
6757
6.10
20 9.14
30
26
466
2066
6778
6.40
21 9.75
32
27
467
2072
6798
6.40
21 9.14
30
27
468
2078
6818
5.79
19 9.45
31
28
469
2084
6837
6.10
20 8.84
29
28
470
2089
6855
5.49
18 7.92
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Velocity
Noise
Coefficient
Variation
(CV)
V e lo ci ty
N o ise(VN)
(V N )
C oe ffic ie nof
t of
V a r iatio nof
of Speed
S p ee d (C
V)
Acceleration
Noise
A c c e le r atio n N
ois e (A(AN)
N)
Mean
Velocity Gradient (MVG)
M e an V e lo c ity G r ad ie n t (M V G )
3 0 .0 0
2 0 .0 0
1 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
8 .0 0
0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 0 .0 0
4 .0 0
0 .0 0
8 0 .0 0
4 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
2 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
M e anSeepd
S pe e d (M
V)
Mean
(MV)
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0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 0 .0 0
5 0 0 .0 0
1 0 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 0 .0 0
4 0 .0 0
3 0 .0 0
2 0 .0 0
1 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
0 .0 0
O p e ra tin g v o lu m e (P C U P H P L )
tion
(CV)
CCoeffici
oe ffic ie ent
n t ofo fVVaria
a r iatio
n ofo fS Speed
p ee d (C
V)
Velocity
(VN)
ty NNoise
Noi
se(V
(VN
VVeloci
e lo ci ty
o ise
N ))
AAcceleratio
c c e le r atio n nNNoi
ois
ese(A(AN)
N(AN)
)
Acceleration
Noise
ea n
radient
MM
e an
V eVeloci
lo c ityty
GG
r ad
ie n t (M(MVG
VG ) )
20 .0 0
10 .0 0
0 .0 0
4 .00
0 .00
50 0 .0 0
10 0 0 .0 0
0 .00
50 0 .0 0
10 0 0 .0 0
0 .00
50 0 .0 0
10 0 0 .0 0
0 .00
50 0 .0 0
10 0 0 .0 0
0 .00
50 0 .0 0
Ope ratin g volume (PCUPHPL )
10 0 0 .0 0
2 .00
0 .00
40 .0 0
20 .0 0
0 .0 0
10 .0 0
5 .0 0
0 .0 0
Mean
Seepd
(MV)
Mean
(MV)
M
e an SSpeed
pe e d (M
V)
40 .0 0
30 .0 0
20 .0 0
10 .0 0
0 .0 0
6 CONGESTION MODELLING
In the light of the above discussion, the congestion is
modelled using the Coefficient of Variation of speed as
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(km/h)
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a quantitative manner.
From the congestion modelled for the various roads,
five zones of flow can be identified. They are OA, AB,
BC, CD and beyond D. The operating conditions and
congestion severity varies from zone to zone. Each of
these zones can be considered as a level of service of the
road facility. So there are five levels of service from A to
E, based on the quantified congestion levels. Table 2 & 4
gives the levels of service for different types of roads.
Link
Variable
25-55
0-4
Mean speed
55-80 80-100
LOS E
>100
25-55
55-80 80-100
>100
4.3-20
CV
0-4.3
Mean speed
Criteria
LOS A
LOS B
LOS C
LOS D
LOS E
% Congestion
0-25
25-55
55-80
80-100
>100
CV
0-4
4-18.6
0.9 VF
0.75 VF
0.65 VF
Mean speed
0.58 VF
<0.58VF
0-25
25-55
0-2
2-9
55-80 80-100
>100
9-23
6->23
23-6
% Congestion
Link 4 CV
Mean speed
0-25
25-55
55-80
NA
NA
0-2
2-9
9-23
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA = Not observed.
Now considering Link 4 as the standard road link to
represent the two-lane dual carriageway category, the
Level of Service criteria for this type of facility are
shown in Table 5. If the road section is located in the
CBD area with high pedestrian interruptions, the
corresponding CV values for various LOS should be
multiplied by a correction factor of 1.05.
Table 5 Level of Service standards for
Two-lane Dual Carriageway Roads
Criteria
LOS A
LOS B
LOS C
LOS D
LOS E
% Congestion
0-25
25-55
CV
0-1.9
1.9-8.6
Mean speed
0.95 VF
0.80 VF
CONCLUSIONS
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