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标题：Relating Safety and Capacity on Urban Freeways
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作者：Janice R. Daniel ; Janice R. Daniel ; Eugene Maina 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2011
卷号：16
页码：317-328
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.453
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThis research sought to investigate the relationship between capacity and safety on freeway roadways in New Jersey. Using the State's roadway database, capacity was estimated for State roadways using the procedures in the Highway Capacity Manual. Crash prediction models were developed relating crashes and crash rates to the geometric variables used to estimate capacity as well as to capacity and v/c ratio. The research showed that as capacity increases the number of crashes and crash rate also increases. As v/c ratio increased the number of crashes and crash rate decreased indicating that congestion may result in reduced speeds and as a result a lower number of crashes and crash rates. The research points to the need to include operational parameters in performing road safety evaluations.
关键词：Safety;Capacity;Crash Modeling;Freeway