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Simulating Passenger Car Unit for vehicles in heterogeneous traffic
Venkatachalam Thamizh Arasan
Published in
2008
Volume: 49
   
Issue: 11
Pages: 436 - 440
Abstract
Estimation of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) or Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) of vehicles is the pre-requisite for highway capacity and level of service analyses and to formulate effective traffic regulation and control measures. Professional organisations in different countries have brought out guidelines for highway-capacity estimates for different categories of roads. The capacity estimate given in these manuals are, however, based on lane-based homogeneous traffic conditions and hence are not applicable for the highly heterogeneous traffic conditions prevailing in developing countries like India. This paper is focused on the estimation and study of the possible variation of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) values of different categories of vehicles at various traffic volume levels, under heterogeneous traffic-conditions prevailing on intercity roads in India. It has been found that the PCU value of a vehicle type varies considerably with variation in traffic volume. Hence, it may be appropriate to consider the PCU value of a vehicle type as a dynamic quantity instead of considering it as constant.
About the journal
JournalTraffic Engineering and Control
ISSN00410683
Open AccessNo
Concepts (27)
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    Control measures
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    HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFICS
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    HIGHWAY CAPACITIES
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    LEVEL OF SERVICES
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    TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
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    TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
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    Traffic volumes
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    VEHICLE TYPES
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    Automobiles
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    Developing countries
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    Highway engineering
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    Highway systems
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    Motor transportation
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    Passenger cars
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    Roads and streets
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    Vehicles
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    Highway traffic control
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    AUTOMOBILE
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    Computer simulation
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    Developing world
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    Estimation method
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    MOTORWAY
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    Traffic congestion
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    Asia
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    Eurasia
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    India
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    South asia