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South African
Highway Capacity Research
TRB WORKSHOP 153SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE
Christo van As
Alex van Niekerk
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Need for South African Highway Capacity Research?
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Need for South African Highway Capacity Research?
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Highway Capacity Research
�Highway Capacity Manual– Often prescribed as minimum standard for
capacity improvements– Capacity improvement required when
• Level-of-service poorer than • LOS D in 30th Highest hour
�Therefore important to– Validate/Calibrate the HCM– For South African conditions
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Recent Contributions
�Capacity Analysis of– Two-lane roads– Multilane highways & Freeways– Signalised intersections
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South African National Roads Agency
Capacity R
esearchT
wo-Lane H
ighways
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Measures of Effectiveness
�HCM Measures of Effectiveness– Percent Time-Spent-Following (PTSF)– Average Travel Speed
�PTSF, however, difficult to observe– HCM Allows a surrogate measure– Percentage vehicles with headways < 3 s– Termed “Percentage followers”
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Research Methodology
�Observations using– Double inductive loops
�Traffic loggers– New traffic loggers capability developed– Directly observes percentage followers– Can be used to directly observe LOS
�Observations on– 25 Different two-lane highways
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Two-Lane HighwaysPercentage Followers
�Observations indicate that HCM– Significantly overestimates
Percentage followers
�It was therefore necessary to develop a new local two-lane model
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HCM Model: Typical result
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South African National Roads AgencyT
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New
Model
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HCM OverestimationProbably due to shoulder use
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Appropriateness ofPercentage Followers
as a
Measure of Effectivenessfor establishing
Level of Service
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Percentage followers as aMeasure of Effectiveness
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New Measure of Effectiveness“Follower Density”
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New Measure of Effectiveness“Follower Density”
�Follower Density– Percentage Followers x Traffic density– Units: Followers per km (per lane)
�Advantages– Gives greater weight to traffic flow– Automatically takes speed into account
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South African National Roads Agency
New
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Highw
ay Traffic M
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HTM Highway Traffic Model
Vertical queue
Platoon (queue) length modelled every 20m over length of road
Macroscopic “simulation”model based on catching-up
and overtaking rates
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South African National Roads Agency
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Capacity ResearchMultilane Highways & Freeways
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysResearch Methodology
�Observations using– Double inductive loops– Newly developed traffic loggers
�Observations on– 20 Different freeways/highways
�Scope of research– Restricted to Basic Freeway Sections– Interchanges excluded
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysSpeed/Flow Relationship
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysPer Lane Speed/Flow Relationship
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysLane Distribution
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FreewaysTypical observed capacities
23001900South Africa24002300HCM
Capacity rangePc/hour/lane
Description
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysPercentage Followers?
�Multilane Highways/Freeways�Modelled in terms of
– Percentage followers
�Advantage: Uniformity– Follower density used as a MOE for all
types of highways:• Two-lane Highways• Multilane Highways/Freeways
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Multilane Highways/FreewaysPercentage Followers/Flow
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South African National Roads Agency
Signalised Intersections
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Delay Models
�HCM delay model found to– Overestimate delay significantly
�New model was therefore developed– University research (Pieter Pretorius)– Improve delay estimates significantly
�Study methodology– Simulation evaluations
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HCM Delay Model
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New Delay Model
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South African National Roads Agency
Conclusions
Conclusions
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Conclusions
�Major differences found between USA & South Africa
�A need exists for a South African Highway Capacity Manual
�South Africa has the expertise– That can make a significant contribution– In the field of traffic engineering
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