Design and implementation of a two-way motorcycle lane in Thailand | |
| Author | Senanayake, Senanayake Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Harshana |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.TE-19-07 |
| Subject(s) | Traffic safety--Thailand Motorcycling -- Safety measures--Thailand |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Traffic safety is one of the major concerns in most of the countries around the world. In Thailand, the violation of traffic rules and accidents involving motorcycles have risen with the increase of the registration of new motorcycles. One of the common issues in Thai traffic is the wrong-way riding of motorcycles. This paper proposes a two-way motorcycle lane design to accommodate the wrong-way riding motorcycles in Thailand. This design will also help to segregate the motorcycles from other larger sized vehicles. A selected road section in Thailand with wrong-way riding behavior was modelled in VISSIM. After calibration, the same network was modelled using the proposed two-way motorcycle lane design. Traffic conflicts in each network was identified using the SSAM software. The safety of the proposed design model was analyzed compared to the existing condition. Based on the severity conflict analysis the proposed motorcycle priority model was identified as the safest design. The safest lane width for the two-way motorcycle lane design was identified based on the safety assessment. |
| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kunnawee Kanitpong |
| Examination Committee(s) | Surachet Pravinvongvuth;Ampol Karoonsoontawong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2020 |