Effect of Heavy Vehicles on Speed and Density at Road Humps

Bhanu Suresh*
R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Periodicity:December - February'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.1.17419

Abstract

The road humps are used to improve the safety by reducing the speed of the moving traffic. Road humps have negative effects on the roadway capacity. The effect of a heavy vehicle passing on a road hump on the speed and density for heterogeneous traffic across urban arterial road stretches in Bengaluru city is studied. It will be investigated how the speed of passenger cars and two-wheelers changes as a result of the deceleration effect of a heavy vehicle driving over a road hump. Variations in the density of passenger cars and two-wheelers as a result of a heavy vehicle's deceleration on a road hump will also be investigated.

Keywords

Road Humps, Road Safety, Heavy Vehicles, Traffic Density

How to Cite this Article?

Suresh, B. (2021). Effect of Heavy Vehicles on Speed and Density at Road Humps. i-manager's Journal on Civil Engineering, 11(1), 16-20. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.1.17419

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