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Exclusive Truck Facilities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Truck and Automobile Demand

Matthew J. Roorda [email protected], Michael Hain, Glareh Amirjamshidi, Rinaldo Cavalcante, Baher Abdulhai, and Clarence WoudsmaView all authors and affiliations
Volume 2168, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.3141/2168-14

Abstract

Segregation of truck traffic from passenger traffic through implementation of exclusive truck facilities in key economic corridors can lead to improvements in traffic flow characteristics, safety, and freight efficiency in congested corridors. A model of the 400 series highways around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assesses alternative configurations of exclusive truck facilities. The demands are based on passenger travel data from a household travel survey, intercity truck travel information from a roadside survey, and urban truck travel information from a three-stage model based on shipper survey data. Origin–destination (O-D) flows are assigned to a regional road network by using a generalized cost multiclass user equilibrium model, and preliminary ramp-to-ramp matrices are extracted from the results of the traffic assignment model. Ramp-to-ramp matrices are improved by using O-D matrix updating. After the O-D matrix updating, observed freeway volumes by vehicle type are replicated very closely in the base case. Converting a lane of mixed traffic to an exclusive truck lane on Highway 401 results in an increase in truck demand and lower truck travel times. Construction of a new exclusive truck highway in an existing hydro corridor through Toronto improves travel times moderately for passenger cars and significantly for medium and heavy trucks.

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Volume 2168, Issue 1
Pages: 114 - 128
Article first published online: January 1, 2010
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Matthew J. Roorda
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Michael Hain
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Glareh Amirjamshidi
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Rinaldo Cavalcante
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Baher Abdulhai
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Clarence Woudsma
School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
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