The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets

Heavy vehicle are wider than passenger car, hence, it requires a wider space to operate and to park. When heavy vehicle drivers are unable to locate parking they often park on the road lane or shoulder. These vehicles should not be allowed to park on road lane or shoulder as it obstructs the vision...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Sith, Nurain
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TE Highway engineering Roads and pavements
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53550/1/NurainMohdSithMFAB2015.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.535502020-07-20T01:46:44Z The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets 2015-05 Mohd. Sith, Nurain TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements Heavy vehicle are wider than passenger car, hence, it requires a wider space to operate and to park. When heavy vehicle drivers are unable to locate parking they often park on the road lane or shoulder. These vehicles should not be allowed to park on road lane or shoulder as it obstructs the vision of other drivers, the road lane or shoulder may require constant maintenance and repair; and pedestrian and motorists may be forced onto the streets or onto the wrong side of the streets in order to pass the heavy vehicles. This research was conducted to establish if width of road lane and road shoulders in neighbourhood streets will encourage heavy vehicle parking. Five residential areas in MPJBT were selected as the case study. Selected local and minor collector streets with heavy vehicle parked on it were measured for their actual lane width (ALW) and actual road shoulder width (ASW). The t-test was used to compare the means of ALW and ASW with the recommended JKR and JPBD standard. The t-test rejected the null hypothesis as the sig- value p is less than alpha level (a = 0.20) at 80% confidence level. The analysis indicates that almost all (80%) of ALW and ASW do not follow the recommended JKR and JPBD standard. The mean of ALW for both local and minor collector roads are oversized (p = 0.000). Comparisons of ALW for minor collector road also show a lower p value than the alpha level (p = 0.0002). The results further suggest that oversized lane will encourage heavy vehicles to be parked on it. The t-test also proved that the mean of ASW for both local (p = 0.000) and minor collector (p = 0.001) streets do not follow the recommended JKR standard. It is concluded that oversized lane and road shoulders widths provides an opportunity for heavy vehicle drivers to misuse the space. 2015-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53550/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53550/1/NurainMohdSithMFAB2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:85502 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TE Highway engineering Roads and pavements
spellingShingle	TE Highway engineering Roads and pavements Mohd. Sith, Nurain The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
description	Heavy vehicle are wider than passenger car, hence, it requires a wider space to operate and to park. When heavy vehicle drivers are unable to locate parking they often park on the road lane or shoulder. These vehicles should not be allowed to park on road lane or shoulder as it obstructs the vision of other drivers, the road lane or shoulder may require constant maintenance and repair; and pedestrian and motorists may be forced onto the streets or onto the wrong side of the streets in order to pass the heavy vehicles. This research was conducted to establish if width of road lane and road shoulders in neighbourhood streets will encourage heavy vehicle parking. Five residential areas in MPJBT were selected as the case study. Selected local and minor collector streets with heavy vehicle parked on it were measured for their actual lane width (ALW) and actual road shoulder width (ASW). The t-test was used to compare the means of ALW and ASW with the recommended JKR and JPBD standard. The t-test rejected the null hypothesis as the sig- value p is less than alpha level (a = 0.20) at 80% confidence level. The analysis indicates that almost all (80%) of ALW and ASW do not follow the recommended JKR and JPBD standard. The mean of ALW for both local and minor collector roads are oversized (p = 0.000). Comparisons of ALW for minor collector road also show a lower p value than the alpha level (p = 0.0002). The results further suggest that oversized lane will encourage heavy vehicles to be parked on it. The t-test also proved that the mean of ASW for both local (p = 0.000) and minor collector (p = 0.001) streets do not follow the recommended JKR standard. It is concluded that oversized lane and road shoulders widths provides an opportunity for heavy vehicle drivers to misuse the space.
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author	Mohd. Sith, Nurain
author_facet	Mohd. Sith, Nurain
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title	The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
title_short	The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
title_full	The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
title_fullStr	The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
title_full_unstemmed	The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
title_sort	effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department	Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate	2015
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53550/1/NurainMohdSithMFAB2015.pdf
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The effect of oversized lane width and lane shoulder on heavy vehicle parking on residential streets

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