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Modelling for High Productivity Vehicles in Metropolitan Areas
  • Publication no: AP-R558-18
  • ISBN: 978-1-925671-25-4
  • Published: 12 January 2018

This report examines the impact of PBS 2B vehicle access on metropolitan roads.

The report includes a literature review and stakeholder consultation on key issues and potential impacts as well as the likely take-up of the vehicles, if access is granted.

The report proposes a modelling framework. The focus of the framework is understanding the operational impacts of granting access, in particular the impacts on general traffic. The recommended analysis approach is microsimulation modelling and the parameters required for this are calibrated and presented in the report.

Numerical experiments were conducted to examine how access could impact on metropolitan network performance. PBS 2B vehicle access to King Georges Road (Sydney) and typical motorway segment were examined as case studies.

  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Project Objectives
    • 1.2. Methodology
  • 2. Literature Review
    • 2.1. Impacts of HPFVs
      • 2.1.1. Congestion Delay Impacts
      • 2.1.2. Crash Impacts
      • 2.1.3. Environmental and Amenity Impacts
      • 2.1.4. Transport Cost Impacts
    • 2.2. Modelling Techniques for HPFVs
      • 2.2.1. Review of Microsimulation
      • 2.2.2. Microsimulation Analysis of HPFVs
  • 3. Stakeholder Consultation
    • 3.1. Safety
    • 3.2. Amenity and Community Acceptance
    • 3.3. Congestion Impacts
    • 3.4. Transport Cost Savings
    • 3.5. Truck Fleet Conversion
    • 3.6. Viability of Microsimulation as an Analysis Tool for HPFV Access
  • 4. Modelling Framework
    • 4.1. PBS 2B-ready Route
    • 4.2. Scenario Development
    • 4.3. Microsimulation
      • 4.3.1. Vehicle Parameters
      • 4.3.2. Turning and Queue Spillback of PBS 2B Vehicles
    • 4.4. Performance Indicators
    • 4.5. Analysis and Recommendation
  • 5. Numerical Analysis
    • 5.1. Arterial Road
      • 5.1.1. Arterial Road Scenarios
      • 5.1.2. Arterial Road Microsimulation and Results
      • 5.1.3. Arterial Road Key Findings
    • 5.2. Motorway
      • 5.2.1. Motorway Scenarios
      • 5.2.2. Motorway Microsimulation and Results
      • 5.2.3. Motorway Key Findings
  • 6. Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Research
    • 6.1. Conclusions
    • 6.2. Recommendations for Future Research
  • References
  • Appendix A Stakeholders Consulted
  • Appendix B Peak Hourly Traffic Demand 2016
  • Appendix C Microsimulation Results
  • C.1 Arterial Road – King Georges Road, NSW
  • C.1.1 Experiment 1 – 0.8% Single Articulated Truck and B-double
  • C.1.2 Experiment 2 - Hypothetical Truck Percentage
  • C.2 Motorway
  • C.2.1 Experiment 1 – Saturated Flow (1700 veh/lane)
  • C.2.2 Experiment 2 – Undersaturated Flow (850 veh/lane)
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