EFFECT OF TYPE OF CONTROL ON INTERSECTION DELAY
A STUDY OF STOPPED-TIME DELAY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE DATA TO SUPPORT WARRANTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, AND A SIMPLE METHOD OF RECORDING THIS DELAY WAS ADAPTED FROM A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED METHOD. IT WAS FOUND THAT STOPPED-TIME DELAY TO ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS REQUIRED TO STOP IS MUCH GREATER WITH FIXED-TIME CONTROL THAN WITH ANY OTHER FORM, AND AVERAGE DELAY TO ALL VEHICLES WAS LESS AT TWO-WAY STOPS THAN WITH OTHER FORMS OF CONTROL UNDER THE MODERATE TRAFFIC VOLUME CONDITIONS OBSERVED. THERE APPEARS TO BE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOPPED-TIME DELAY ON A MINOR HIGHWAY AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAY, BUT THE DATA AVAILABLE DO NOT PERMIT DETERMINATION OF THE DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Volk, W N
- Publication Date: 1956
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 17-20, 1956
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 35
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highways; Intersections; Pretimed traffic signal controllers; Stopped time delays; Streets; Traffic control; Traffic control devices; Traffic delays; Traffic volume; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
- Old TRIS Terms: Minor trafficway
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226012
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM