LIMITATIONS OF PHASE OVERLAP SIGNALIZATION FOR TWO-LEVEL DIAMOND INTERCHANGES

LIMITATIONS DISCUSSED ARE: LENGTH OF OVERLAP, SPACING OF INTERSECTIONS, MINIMUM PHASE AND CYCLE LENGTH, MINIMUM CRITICAL LANE APPROACH VOLUME, LEFT TURN STORAGE AND CAPACITY, AND TURN VOLUME. IN SPITE OF THESE LIMITATIONS, THE PHASE OVERLAP SIGNAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE USED WHEN THE BASIC PROBLEM IS ONE OF CAPACITY AND WHEN THE OTHER LIMITATIONS ARE MET. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 39, No 12, PP 38-41, 6 REF
• Authors:
  • Woods, D L
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diamond interchanges; Highway capacity; Highway design; Interchanges; Interchanges and intersections; Traffic signal cycle; Traffic signal timing; Traffic volume; Turning traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Turning movements
• Old TRIS Terms: Overlap; Phase
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225637
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1970 12:00AM