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J．Mod．Transport．(2015)23(3)：228-239 D0I10．1007／s40534—015—0082—2 www springer．tom~40534 ⑩cmssMa Analysisandmodelingofhighwaytrucktrafficvolumevariations duringseverewinterweatherconditionsin Canada Hyuk．JaeRoh ·SatishSharma2·PrasantaK．Sahu ·SandeepDatla Received：27February2015／Revised：25June2015／Accepted：1July2015／Publishedonline：24July2015 @ TheAuthor(s)2015．ThisarticleispublishedwithopenaccessatSpringerlink．corn Abstract ThisPaperinvestigatestheimpactofcoldand temperatureshigherthan-25。Craenotlikelytoaffectthe snow ondailyandhourlytrucktrafhcvolumeonaprimary turcktrafficpatterns．Itisbelievedthatthefindingsofthis highwayinAlberta，Canada．Thisresearchisbasedona studycanbenefithighwayagenciesindevelopingprogram s detailed case study of5yerasofweigh．．in．-motion data and policies for efficient monitoring of truck traffic recorded continuously atLeduc site on Highway 2A． throughouttheyearand snow remova1duringthewinter Influenceofthewinterconditionsontrucktypedistribution seasoninCanada． isexaminedbyclassifyingtrucksintosingle—unitturcks， single．trailer．andmulti—trailerunits．Itisevidentfrom the Keywords Turcktraffic ·Snowfall·Coldtemperature studythatproportionofthethreetruckclassesinthetotal Weather．Alberta．Canada turck traffic remained essentially stable overthe study period (2005——2009)．Dummy—variableregressionmodels areusedtorelatedailyandhourlytrucktrafficvolumewith 1Introduction snowfa11and categorized cold asindependentvariables． Thestatisticalsignificanceofalltheindependentvariables Traffic volume varies overtime and 1ocations on all usedinthemodelisestablishedbyconductingtestssuchas roadways．Eyeniftrafficstreamsare investigatedforthe 尺 ．F test，incrementalFtest，andttest．Thestudyresults sametimeand 1ocation．thevariationsi