Abstract
Planned special events (PSEs) attract more people than usual to specific areas, which leads to increased traffic flows and congestions on the roads. Roadwork zones are among the most vulnerable areas on the roads, where increased traffic can lead to congestion. In roadwork zones, the vehicle flow capacity is already lower than in the conventional situations without roadworks, but at the time of PSEs, these zones become difficult to pass if no attention is paid to the change of the traffic management scheme. This kind of events poses many threats for road authorities, thus, new traffic management systems should be considered. This paper analyzes 2 PSEs and one national celebration in Lithuania and a significant impact they have on the regular traffic flow. PSEs are taken into consideration as they attract traffic to a known place; however, national celebrations distort traffic along all roads and it is not known exactly, which roads will be congested the most. Since roadwork zones cause congestion problems even in conventional situations, this paper presents traffic capacity calculations at these road stretches during PSEs and considers how they change depending on the traffic management scheme.
Highlights
Mobility has been increasing significantly in the last decades and will continue increasing (Marchesini & Weijermars, 2010)
Since roadwork zones cause congestion problems even in conventional situations, this paper presents traffic capacity calculations at these road stretches during Planned special events (PSEs) and considers how they change depending on the traffic management scheme
The aim of this paper is to analyze the traffic flow distribution at the time of PSEs held in Lithuania, as well as to evaluate a potential traffic capacity in roadwork zones on the basis of the developed calculation model
Summary
Mobility has been increasing significantly in the last decades and will continue increasing (Marchesini & Weijermars, 2010). In Lithuania, the number of light vehicle registrations increased by 12% between 2014 and 2018 and the total vehicle registrations increased by 16.48% Road stretches that have insufficient capacity for increased traffic cause traffic congestion and delays. Traffic congestion has a negative impact on the economy since it decreases productivity and the quality of people’s lives (Duivenvoorden, 2010). Special planned events (PSEs) are among the many causes which lead to traffic congestion. If an event is not well planned with regard to traffic management, it can have an adverse impact on participants and non-participants (FHWA, 2003)
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