Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia
Today, an increasing number of necessary infrastructural measures is encountered the purpose of which is to assist in managing the traffic speed thus forming the most important part in speed management policies. This paper reviews the choice of permitted driving speed depending on the defined street...
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| description | Today, an increasing number of necessary infrastructural measures is encountered the purpose of which is to assist in managing the traffic speed thus forming the most important part in speed management policies. This paper reviews the choice of permitted driving speed depending on the defined street category. The existing norms that define road functions and categories for the urban street network in Latvia are evaluated. This paper stresses the need to review the functional classification of the road network with specific attention paid to the importance of each road type and their influence on the drivers’ choice of adequate driving speed. A practical study on the efficiency of the chosen road profile (number of lanes, median, etc.) and design parametres (width of driving lanes, longitudinal curvature radius, horizontal curvature radius, etc.) in the existing street network has been performed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4530e090762e475d83357439c62cd0872025-08-20T02:42:48ZengRiga Technical University PressThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering1822-427X1822-42882011-12-016428328810.3846/bjrbe.2011.362096Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in LatviaZiedonis Lazda0Juris Smirnovs1Institute of Transport Structures, Civil Engineering Faculty, Riga Technical University, Āzenes 16, LV 1048 Riga, LatviaInstitute of Transport Structures, Civil Engineering Faculty, Riga Technical University, Āzenes 16, LV 1048 Riga, LatviaToday, an increasing number of necessary infrastructural measures is encountered the purpose of which is to assist in managing the traffic speed thus forming the most important part in speed management policies. This paper reviews the choice of permitted driving speed depending on the defined street category. The existing norms that define road functions and categories for the urban street network in Latvia are evaluated. This paper stresses the need to review the functional classification of the road network with specific attention paid to the importance of each road type and their influence on the drivers’ choice of adequate driving speed. A practical study on the efficiency of the chosen road profile (number of lanes, median, etc.) and design parametres (width of driving lanes, longitudinal curvature radius, horizontal curvature radius, etc.) in the existing street network has been performed.https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3766road functionsroad categoriespermitted driving speedroad profiledesign parameters |
| spellingShingle | Ziedonis Lazda Juris Smirnovs Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering road functions road categories permitted driving speed road profile design parameters |
| title | Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia |
| title_full | Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia |
| title_short | Impact of Permitted Driving Speed on the Design of Urban Street Network in Latvia |
| title_sort | impact of permitted driving speed on the design of urban street network in latvia |
| topic | road functions road categories permitted driving speed road profile design parameters |
| url | https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3766 |
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