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ASSESSING PASSENGER CAR UNITS ON EGYPTIAN ROADS UNDER DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Civil engineering

Abstract

Early in 1987, the values of PCU (Passenger Car Unit) were determined and are still used in Egyptian urban roads, so due to the change in the transport fleet in Egypt, these values are outdated and must be updated. This study investigates estimates of PCU values for twenty different vehicle types using static and dynamic features such as speed, projected vehicle area, traffic volume, and headway. Data is collected from eight urban roads in Cairo using digital video recording and Analyzed by Chandra's Method, Homogenization Coefficient Method, and Time Headway Method. The study finds that new and outdated values of PCU are significantly different because of changes in transport fleets on urban roads in Egypt during the past 36 years. The research set a relationship between PCU values and traffic volume for different vehicle classifications. It is implied that the PCU values obtained from this study should be utilized as a guideline in traffic engineering works in Egypt.
 
 
Special Issue of AEIC 2024 (Civil Engineering  Session)

DOI

10.21608/auej.2023.246082.1458

Keywords

Passenger Car Unit (PCU), Passenger Car equivalent (PCE), Traffic volume, Traffic speed, Headway and capacity

Authors

First Name

Magdy

Last Name

El Tahawy

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

B.Sc., Civil Engineering Department, Modern Academy for Engineering & amp;amp; Tech., Cairo, Egypt

Email

magdy.mansoor@eng.modern-academy.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Sabry Elhakeem

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Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ashakim2000@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Nasser

Last Name

Abdallah Gonah

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

n_gonah@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

19

Article Issue

72

Related Issue

49551

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2023-11-05

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

14

Page End

33

Print ISSN

1687-8418

Online ISSN

3009-7622

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https://jaes.journals.ekb.eg/article_370937.html

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370,937

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706

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Publication Title

Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector

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https://jaes.journals.ekb.eg/

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ASSESSING PASSENGER CAR UNITS ON EGYPTIAN ROADS UNDER DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH

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24 Dec 2024