Research Article
An Initial Investigation of the Effects of a Fully Automated Vehicle Fleet on Geometric Design
Table 2
Comparing DSD and K Values at different design speeds, current values retrieved from
Green Book [
29].
| ā | DSD (m) | Sag curve | Crest curve | ā | Current | Proposed | Rate of vertical curvature |
| Design speed (km/h) | A | B | A or B | | KProposed | | KProposed |
| 20 | n/a | n/a | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | n/a | n/a | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 | n/a | n/a | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 70 | 155 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 95 | 195 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 70 | 115 | 325 | 70 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 80 | 140 | 280 | 85 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 90 | 170 | 325 | 110 | 38 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 100 | 200 | 370 | 130 | 45 | 3 | 52 | 20 | 110 | 235 | 420 | 155 | 55 | 4 | 74 | 28 | 120 | 265 | 470 | 185 | 63 | 4 | 95 | 40 | 130 | 305 | 525 | 215 | 73 | 5 | 124 | 54 |
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