Civil Engineering and Architecture 10(3): 996-1011, 2022 http://www.hrpub.org
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100318
Determination of PCE Based on Motorcycle Behavior at
Signalized Intersections in Denpasar, Bali
I M Kariyana
1,*
, P A Suthanaya
2
, D M P Wedagama
2
, I M A Ariawan
2
, T H Pamungkas
1
1
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ngurah Rai University, Indonesia
2
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Indonesia
Received January 30, 2022; Revised March 17, 2022; Accepted April 2, 2022
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(a): [1] I M Kariyana, P A Suthanaya, D M P Wedagama, I M A Ariawan, T H Pamungkas , "Determination of PCE
Based on Motorcycle Behavior at Signalized Intersections in Denpasar, Bali," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol.
10, No. 3, pp. 996-1011, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100318.
(b): I M Kariyana, P A Suthanaya, D M P Wedagama, I M A Ariawan, T H Pamungkas (2022). Determination of PCE
Based on Motorcycle Behavior at Signalized Intersections in Denpasar, Bali. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(3),
996-1011. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100318.
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Abstract A very high proportion of motorcycles affect
the saturated flow and motorcycle behavior in synergy
stores in developing countries such as Indonesia. The
Indonesian Highway Capacity Manual (IHCM) and
previous research have not adopted motorcycle behavior to
determine the efficiency of passenger cars in synergy. This
study aims to assess PCE based on the behavior of
motorcycles in synergy with and without Exclusive
Stopping Space for Motorcycles (ESSM). The synergy
reservoir's location was a junction with a high motorcycle
volume, low side obstacles, and traffic characteristics at an
approach width of 3 meters, 5 meters, and 7 meters in
Denpasar City. The survey method divides the lane
virtually, the size of a motorcycle to determine the
headway in the field. At the same time, the saturated flow
was analyzed using the discharge headway method of both
normal distributed data and log normal. Linear regression
analysis was used to determine PCE based on motorcycle
behavior on synergy junctions both with ESSM and
without ESSM. Based on motorcycle behavior, the highest
PCE value is obtained beside flow behavior (0.1-1.2) and
the lowest in front behavior of the stop line (0.06-0.8). In
determining PCE, it is recommended to adopt the
motorcycle’s behavior.
Keywords Discharge Headway, Mixed Traffic,
Saturation Flow, Signalized Intersection, Motorcycle
Behavior, PCE, Exclusive Stopping Space for
Motorcycles (ESSM)
1. Introduction
Passenger Car Equivalency (PCE) is the conversion
factor of various types of vehicles with light vehicles into
reference or becomes the standard where the PCE of light
vehicles (LV) is 1. PCE is a unit to convert the unit of the
flow of traffic flow units from vehicles/hours into
PCU/hour, while the passenger cars unit (PCU) is a unit for
traffic flow where the flow of various types of light
vehicles (including passenger cars) use the frequency of
passenger cars equivalency (PCE) [1]. Traffic flow occurs
in the field varies; whereas, the flow of traffic is described
as several vehicles on various types and properties form a
traffic flow. Each type of vehicle has a diverse geometric,
size, and acceleration to create different traffic
characteristics for each composition. The Equivalency
value of Passenger Cars (PCE) for signalized intersection
based on IHCM [1] can be seen in Table 1.
Table 1. PCE value for signalized intersection
Type of Vehicle
PCE for approach type
Protected Resisted
Light Vehicle (LV)
Heavy Vehicles (HV)
Motorcycle (MC)
1
1.3
0.2
1
1.3
0.4