Heavy Truck Gap Acceptance and Critical Gap Length Evaluation at Congested Roundabouts

Abstract

AbstractHeavy trucks are believed to experience increased delays when entering congested roundabouts due to their increased size and more restrictive operating characteristics as compared to passenger cars. The present study evaluated 164 h of video data ...Practical ApplicationsHeavy trucks are vehicles on the roadway that are larger and heavier than passenger cars. These characteristics can present difficulties when entering roundabouts, as this intersection design requires the entering vehicle to safely ...