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Establishing speed--flow--density relationships for exclusive motorcycle lanes

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  • H. Hussain
  • R.S. Radin Umar
  • M.S. Ahmad Farhan

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The motorcycle is a popular mode of transport in Malaysia and developing Asian countries, but its significant representation in the traffic mix results in high rates of motorcycle accidents. As a result, the Malaysian Government decided to segregate motorcycle traffic along its new federal roads as an engineering approach to reduce accidents. However, traffic engineers needed to know the maximum traffic a motorcycle lane could accommodate. Despite substantial literature related to speed--flow--density relationships and capacities of various transport facilities, there is a knowledge gap regarding motorcycle lanes. This paper establishes motorcycle speed--flow--density relationships and capacities of exclusive motorcycle lanes in Malaysia. Observations of motorcycle flows and speeds were conducted along existing and experimental motorcycle lanes. Motorcycle speed--density data were aggregated and plotted for two types of observable motorcycle riding behaviour patterns that were influenced by the widths of a motorcycle lane: the headway pattern (lane width ≤ 1.7 m) and the space pattern (lane width > 1.7 m). For both riding patterns, regression analysis of motorcycle speed--density data best fits the logarithmic model and consequently the motorcycle flow--density and speed--flow models are derived. Motorcycle lane capacities for headway and space riding patterns are estimated as 3300 mc/hr/lane and 2200 mc/hr/m, respectively.

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  • H. Hussain & R.S. Radin Umar & M.S. Ahmad Farhan, 2011. "Establishing speed--flow--density relationships for exclusive motorcycle lanes," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 245-257, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:34:y:2011:i:3:p:245-257
    DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.565175
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