Citation

Gorin E, Morozova Y, Zatsepin A, Ryabchikov D. Transp. Res. Proc. 2018; 36: 213-219.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publications)

DOI

10.1016/j.trpro.2018.12.066

PMID

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Abstract

Traffic safety is directly related to the density of traffic flows, and cargo transportation is directly related to particular risks that can be interpreted as events causing damage and resulting in a failure to comply with contractual obligations. Such risks include road accidents as well as cargo theft, loss and damage. The aim of any freight company is safe cargo delivery as soon as possible (Simdiankin et al., 2015). Cargo transportation safety is strongly dependent on the cargo travel time since the less the travel time is, the less likely is an accident. It also depends on the distance, and the shortest trip is not always the safest. For instance, attempts to bypass traffic jams in large cities through courtyard areas result in an increase in accident risk due to large gatherings of people who do not expect vehicles (including freight vehicles) to pass along the routes not intended for that purpose. In the countryside, the condition of "short" routes will always be affected by weather and season. Since no software product used for navigation allows reaching a compromise between short routes and the travel time, it can be concluded that it is necessary to improve the existing methodologies for modeling traffic of freight vehicles.

Language: en

Keywords

four-step model of traffic demand calculation; freight vehicles; modeling; traffic safety