Adaptation of the HCM for the analysis of two-lane rural highways without passing lanes in Brazil

Authors

  • Juliangelo Kayo Sangi de Oliveira Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais – Brazil
  • José Elievam Bessa Júnior Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais – Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14295/transportes.v30i3.2690

Keywords:

Level of service, Two-lane highways, Traffic simulation

Abstract

The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) is the main document used to analyze the level of service and capacity of highway facilities. However, applying its methodology without adjustments to local traffic and road conditions and vehicle and driver characteristics can result in discrepancies between the performance measures calculated using the manual and those observed in the field. This paper aimed to adapt the new HCM method (7th edition) to the conditions of Brazilian two-lane rural highways without passing lanes. With a recalibrated version of Aimsun Next, simulation results were generated for hypothetical segments to adjust the traffic models to obtain the follower density (FD), the new service measure proposed for evaluating two-lane highway segments. The FD results found with the proposed method showed that the HCM traffic models need to be adapted to evaluate Brazilian highways to avoid levels of service that underestimate what is observed in the field.

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Author Biography

José Elievam Bessa Júnior, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais – Brazil

Graduado em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2006). Mestre (2009) e Doutor (2015) em Engenharia de Transportes pela Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC-USP). Foi Professor Efetivo do Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), no Departamento de Engenharia de Transportes, entre os anos de 2014 e 2018. Atualmente, é Professor do Magistério Superior na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), lotado no Departamento de Engenharia de Transportes e Geotecnia (DETG). Atua, principalmente, nos seguintes temas: Simulação de Tráfego, Capacidade viária e nível de serviço, Controle de tráfego urbano, Operação de transportes e Planejamento dos transportes.

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2022-11-03

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Sangi de Oliveira, J. K. ., & Bessa Júnior, J. E. . (2022). Adaptation of the HCM for the analysis of two-lane rural highways without passing lanes in Brazil. Transportes, 30(3), 2690. https://doi.org/10.14295/transportes.v30i3.2690

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Vol. 30 No. 3 (2022)

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