Non-motorized Flow Research Articles

Effect of Nonmotorized Transport on Motorized Vehicle Speeds in China

Research was conducted on the effects of nonmotorized traffic flow on motorized vehicle speeds on the basis of field observations of vehicle speeds on Chinese roads. A linear relationship was observed between motorized vehicle speeds and nonmotorized traffic flow under a range of motorized traffic flow volumes. By using the relationships of non-motorized flow effects obtained in this study, together with free speed and speed-flow relationships investigated in other studies, a general congested speed model for predicting vehicle speeds under various road characteristics and traffic flow volumes has been developed. The generalized speed-flow model can be incorporated into the three-zone speed model used in the Highway Development and Management (HDM-4) model.