Abstract
It is known that the installation of edge rate lines can help reduce driving speed. Theoretically, higher edge rate density leads to higher perception speed, so as the effect of speed reduction. However, there has not been a successful evaluation of appropriate design cycle length requirements. A series of experiments were taken on the straight sections on Hangrui highway in China. The cycle length was separately set in different values of 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1 m. The results showed that cycle length had significantly influence on the speed reduction effect. When the length of spatial edge rate line in each cycle λ equalled to the value of 16, 8, 4, 2 m, the effect of speed reduction was significantly enhanced as λ decreased. Percent of average speed reduction was 0.8, 3.0, 5.8 and 7.4%, respectively. However, when λ = 1 m, speed reduction effect was weaker than λ = 2 m, reduction percent of average speed was 5.2%. Then, relations between acceleration and average edge rate was analysed. When temporal frequency of edge rate lines fell in (10 Hz, 19 Hz], the braking deceleration of drivers increased as the temporal frequency increased, which conformed to the relation between temporal frequency and perception speed; when temporal frequency was lower than 10 Hz, some drivers will speed up. It may be related to the threshold of perception speed difference; when temporal frequency was higher than 19 Hz, some drivers will speed up. It may be related to flicker fusion phenomenon. According to the experiments results, edge rate lines cycle length for future implementations should be determined by the speed distribution of the target road.
Highlights
In China, there were 63093 deaths and 226430 injuries reported in over 8.6 million road traffic crashes in 2016 (TMB PSM 2017)
Edge rate lines cycle length for future implementations should be determined by the speed distribution of the target road
»» cycle length had significantly influence on the speed reduction effect; when λ equalled to the value of 16, 8, 4, 2 m, the effect of speed reduction was significantly enhanced as λ decreased;
Summary
In China, there were 63093 deaths and 226430 injuries reported in over 8.6 million road traffic crashes in 2016 (TMB PSM 2017). Some researchers studied the influence of temporal frequency on speed perceiving and found that the increment of temporal frequency will cause the increase. The application of edge rate theory has been widely used to reduce speed at hazardous section It is usually applied in the installation of transverse or edge line markings. Through road experiments, Ding et al (2017a, 2017b, 2019) found that edge rate marking can reduce the speed, and increase the headway time, the cycle length of edge rate lines selected by the experiment were 2 m. Higher temporal frequency would increase the speed perception according to the definition of edge rate; shorter cycle length of edge rate lines should reduce speed much better. »» determine edge rate lines cycle length for evaluation; »» evaluate the effectiveness of the edge rate lines; »» provide recommendations for edge rate lines cycle length design for future implementations
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