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Term of the Road Dictionary

passenger car unit

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Traffic Traffic Engineering
  • Definition : Theoretical vehicle that causes the same impact on the traffic flow as an average passenger car [NVF-ITS]. Note: this unit used to express volumes of traffic of dissimilar make-up in a comparable fashion [COST 323].
  • Abbreviation : PCU

Personenkraftwageneinheit

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Verkehr Verkehrstechnik
  • Definition : Einheit für den Fahrzeugverkehr bezogen auf einen Personenkraftwagen, die z.B. dazu dient, eine Verkehrsmenge zu beschreiben [COST 323].
  • Abbreviation : PKW-E, PWE
  • Synonyms : Personenwageneinheit / PKW-Einheit

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