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13.4交织区域的分析 Weaving areas have been the subject of a great deal of research since the late 1960s, yet many features of current procedures rely heavily on judgment. This is primarily due to the great difficulty in and cost of collecting comprehensive data on weaving operations. Weaving areas cover significant lengths and generally require videotaping from elevated vantage points or time-linked separate observation of entry and exit terminals and visual matching of vehicles. Further, there are a large number of variables affecting weaving operations, and,therefore, a large number of sites reflecting these variables would need to be observed. 自20世纪60年代后期就对交织区域问题进行了大量的研究,然而，许多现行规程的特点主要还是依赖于判断。这主要是由于在交织运作方面的全面的数据收集存在极大的困难和成本 。交织区域主要涉及重要的交织路段长度和一般需要从较高的有利位置进行录像﹐或进出口路端的时间分离观察及车辆匹配的视界。此外,存在大量的影响交织运作的潜在变量,并且，因此,许多的位置体现出这些变量需要能被观察到。 The first research study leading up to the thirdedition 1985 HCM focused on weaving areas [3]. This unfortunate, as basic section models would be revised later, causing judgmental modification in weaving models for consistency. It relied on 48 sets of data collected by the then Bureau of Public Roads in the late 1960s and an additional 12 sets collected specifically for the study. The methodology that resulted was complex and iterative. It was later modified as part of a study of all freeway-related methodologies [4] in the late 1970s. In 1980, a set of interim analysis procedures was published by TRB [5], which included the modified weaving analysis procedure. It also contained an independently developed methodology that produced often substantially different results. The latter methodology was documented in a subsequent study [6]. To resolve the differences between these two methodologies, another study was conducted in the early 1980s, using a new data base consisting of 10 sites [7]. This study produced yet a third methodology, substantially different from the first two. As the publication date of the 1985 HCM approached, the three