Enhancing Construction Truck Safety at Work Zones: A Microscopic Traffic Simulation Study
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چکیده
Freeway work zones are generally considered dangerous, causing hundreds of fatalities every year. One significant task zone safety issue is how to manage construction trucks egress from zones. Previous studies have been conducted improve truck at zones, yet few proactive engineering countermeasures implemented which might effects. In this study, a microsimulation network freeway interval built and calibrated using field data in Florida. The impact speed investigated based on the simulation model, results indicate that it provide sufficient acceleration distance for when egressing. Afterwards, system (TES) aims providing gap merging into developed. Then, process simulated with different parameter settings TES under various traffic volumes. show introduction improved safety, optimal volume scenarios recommended afterwards considering both efficiency. findings study could help practitioners understand effect before implementing real field.
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Access
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2169-3536']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3069275