TY - CHAP
T1 - Analysis of two-lane, two-way highways
AU - Roess, Roger P.
AU - Prassas, Elena S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The 1950 HCM [1] recognized the critical interaction between directional flows on a two-lane, two-way rural highway. Because of this, in 1950 and 1965, the models for two-lane highways dealt with both directions simultaneously. In 1950, it was argued that to keep a single lane in one direction fully utilized, that passing opportunities had to be unrestricted by alignment, sight distance, or the existence of flow in the opposite direction. Since the basic capacity of a lane on a multilane facility had been established as 2,000 pc/h/ln, it was argued that this could be achieved on a two-lane highway only when there was no opposing flow to inhibit passing.
AB - The 1950 HCM [1] recognized the critical interaction between directional flows on a two-lane, two-way rural highway. Because of this, in 1950 and 1965, the models for two-lane highways dealt with both directions simultaneously. In 1950, it was argued that to keep a single lane in one direction fully utilized, that passing opportunities had to be unrestricted by alignment, sight distance, or the existence of flow in the opposite direction. Since the basic capacity of a lane on a multilane facility had been established as 2,000 pc/h/ln, it was argued that this could be achieved on a two-lane highway only when there was no opposing flow to inhibit passing.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-05786-6_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-05786-6_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85019400363
T3 - Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
SP - 393
EP - 450
BT - Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -