Impact evaluation of climbing lanes on two-lane rural highways

Authors

  • Frederico Amaral e Silva Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais - Brazil
  • José Elievam Bessa Júnior Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais - Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-8794
  • Anáiram Lima Costa Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo – Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-6615
  • André Luiz Cunha Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo – Brasil
  • Aline Ferreira Andalício Concessionária BR-040 S/A - Via040, Minas Gerais – Brasil
  • Diego Milli da Costa Velho Concessionária BR-040 S/A - Via040, Minas Gerais – Brasil
  • Veridianne Soares Nazareth Concessionária BR-040 S/A - Via040, Minas Gerais – Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14295/transportes.v29i2.2359

Keywords:

Level of service, HCM, Traffic simulation

Abstract

The new method of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) to calculate the capacity and the level of service of two-lane highways will likely be based on Follower Density (FD). In Brazil, few studies have determined the impact of climbing lanes on two-lane highways, especially involving FD, which is the objective of this paper. To achieve this goal, a set of traffic data was obtained from highway segments to calibrate and validate the traffic flow simulator VISSIM. With a recalibrated version of the simulator, traffic data were generated for hypothetical highway segments with and without climbing lanes, with which flow-FD relationships were adjusted. The results of this analysis indicated that the models proposed in this work produced the level of service and FD values more adherent to the values observed in the field.

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Author Biography

José Elievam Bessa Júnior, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais - Brazil

Graduado em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2006). Mestre (2009) e Doutor (2015) em Engenharia de Transportes pela Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC-USP). Foi Professor Efetivo do Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), no Departamento de Engenharia de Transportes, entre os anos de 2014 e 2018. Atualmente, é Professor do Magistério Superior na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), lotado no Departamento de Engenharia de Transportes e Geotecnia (DETG). Atua, principalmente, nos seguintes temas: Simulação de Tráfego, Capacidade viária e nível de serviço, Controle de tráfego urbano, Operação de transportes e Planejamento dos transportes.

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2021-08-20

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Silva, F. A. e, Bessa Júnior, J. E. ., Costa, A. L., Cunha, A. L., Andalício, A. F. ., da Costa Velho, D. M. ., & Nazareth, V. S. . (2021). Impact evaluation of climbing lanes on two-lane rural highways. Transportes, 29(2), 2359. https://doi.org/10.14295/transportes.v29i2.2359

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