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Acceleration behaviour of the heavy vehicle drivers during the lane changing manoeuvre Moridpour, S, Sarvi, M and Rose, G 2009, 'Acceleration behaviour of the heavy vehicle drivers during the lane changing manoeuvre', in Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), Auckland, New Zealand, 29 September-1 October 2009, pp. 1-9. Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Conference Papers Title Acceleration behaviour of the heavy vehicle drivers during the lane changing manoeuvre Author(s) Moridpour, S Sarvi, M Rose, G Year 2009 Conference name 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum Conference location Auckland, New Zealand Conference dates 29 September-1 October 2009 Proceedings title Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Publisher Department of Infrastructure and Transport Place of publication Auckland, New Zealand Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Abstract The speed and traffic flow oscillations reflect the macroscopic effects of heavy vehicle lane changing manoeuvres on traffic flows. The existing lane changing behaviour models mainly focus on drivers' lane changing decision and generally neglect the execution of the lane changing manoeuvre. However, several seconds is required for heavy vehicle drivers to complete a lane changing manoeuvre. Excluding the lane changing execution, may have a significant impact on estimated traffic flow characteristics, particularly in heavy traffic conditions. The acceleration behaviour of heavy vehicle drivers from the start of the lane changing until the end of the lane changing manoeuvre is analysed in this paper. The results show that the traffic characteristics of the surrounding vehicles in the current lane and the target lane have almost no effect on the acceleration behaviour of the heavy vehicle drivers in heavy traffic conditions. Subjects Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified Keyword(s) Acceleration behaviour Lane changing manoeuvre Heavy vehicles Heavy traffic conditions. Copyright notice © 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. Related Links Link Description http://www.atrf.info/papers/2009/index.aspx Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 02 Nov 2012, 08:31:39 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Access Statistics: 359 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 02 Nov 2012, 07:48:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator