Traffic Flow Characteristics with Transportation Plans Components

• Main Authors: Hrvoje Baričević, Čedomir Dundović
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences 2012-10-01
• Series: Promet (Zagreb)
• Online Access: http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/traffic/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/754

Knowledge of traffic characteristics is useful to the highwayengineer in developing highway and transportation plans, performingeconomic analyses, establishing geometric design criteria,selecting and implementing traffic control measures, andevaluating the pe1[ormance of transportation facilities. Doze/ISof measures have been employed to describe the quality andquantity of traffic flow. This paper presents information onthose flow characteristics that fundamentally bear on the planning,design, and operation of highway and transport facilities:traffic speed, travel time, volume, and density.