Research Article

Modelling the Operating Speed in Segments of Two-Lane Highways from Probe Vehicle Data: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Table 1

General data on calibration segments.

Variable descriptionMeanStandard deviationMinimumMaximum

Space mean speed (km/h)49.29.221.080.0
Bendiness () [degrees/km]306.7207.039.0682.3
One-direction paved width (PW) [m]4.20.53.45.4
Extra lateral clearance (ELC) [m]1.20.40.72.2
Density of intersections (DI) [No./km]4.01.80.57.0
Annual average daily traffic (AADT) [vehicles/day]8,7365,5451,75018,135