LANE-DIRECTION TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL: 1. THE SYSTEM ALONG THE HEERSTRASSE 2. BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY

THIS HIGHWAY IN WEST BERLIN IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE LANES, THE TWO OUTER ONES ON EITHER SIDE BEING PERMANENTLY ALLOCATED TO A CERTAIN DIRECTION AND THE CENTER LANE ALLOCATED ON DEMAND TO ONE OR OTHER DIRECTION WITH THE AID OF LIGHT SIGNALS. PART 1 DESCRIBES THE MECHANICS OF THE SWITCHING SYSTEM AND PART 2 THE INITIAL RESULTS OF A BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY. AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON THE CONTROL SECTION HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED. /TRRL/

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• Publication Date: 1972-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 24-8
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crash investigation; Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety; Traffic signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226865
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM