You may want to look into "Effect of Large Trucks on Traffic Safety and
Operations," Final Report, UMTRI-93-19, June 1993.
It does not exactly address traffic flow, but it does explore most of the
other aspects of LCV operations.
Good luck,
Zevi Bareket.
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Zevi Bareket 2901 Baxter Rd.
Sr. Research Associate Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150
Engineering Research Division Phone: (734) 936-1067
Transportation Research Institute Fax: (734) 936-1068
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On 12/16/02 11:11 PM, "Euan Ramsay" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Queensland University of Technology is currently conducting an assessment
> of the impacts of heavy vehicles on urban traffic.
>
> Specifically, we are investigating the effects that large combination
> vehicles, or LCV's (such as Road Trains and B-doubles/B-trains) have on the
> traffic flow, capacity and delay throughout an urban network or corridor.
>
> Significant work has been conducted on rural and remote area operations of
> LCV's. However, it is in accessing urban freight facilities that
> considerable productivity gains can be achieved - often at the expense of
> increased traffic congestion around the vehicle.
>
> The initial literature review is under way and we are looking for
> information on previous or current research into this area.
>
> Information and references relating to computer-based microsimulation of
> traffic would be particularly useful. We are finding that many current
> traffic simulation models do not accurately represent the turning,
> acceleration/braking and gap acceptance criteria for LCV's, and hope to
> achieve a methodology for including such effects into traffic simulation
> models.
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Euan Ramsay
> Postgraduate Researcher, School of Civil Engineering
> Queensland University of Technology
> GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia
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