The U.S.A. Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) is the main document used for operational analysis of two-lane Highways in Argentina. The new version HCM 2010 (TRB, 2010), introduces significant modifications leaving the two-way analysis methodology and expanding the scope of situations covered in the operation of roads. However uses parameters that have not been tested for local conditions, particularly in regard to drivers behavior and vehicle fleet characteristics, which can lead to differences that may lead to inadequate analysis for capacity-building decision-making. From field studies and the use of a microscopic simulation model, the study proposes new models for fundamental relationship between speed-flow and percent time spent following-flow. As well as new values for adjustment factors related to type of terrain and heavy vehicles. These new models and adjustment factors lead to recommendations for the implementation of HCM 2010 methodology adapted to Argentinean two-lane highways.
The analysis and planning of infrastructure in general and transport and communications in particular cannot be considered in isolation. This process must be part of a larger one involving the territorial system derived from the strong relationship between transportation and land use at different scales, and by the infrastructure structuring character of territory organization. A transport infrastructure synthesis of Córdoba Metropolitan Area (Amcor) is developed under a systemic approach from its most significant components, considering its territorial framework and integration into the national scale.
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