SIMULATION OF TRAFFIC FLOW TO OBTAIN VOLUME WARRANTS FOR INTERSECTION CONTROL

THE PAPER REPORTS THE RESULTS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT IN WHICH A DIGITAL SIMULATION MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE VOLUME WARRANTS AT STREET INTERSECTIONS. THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF INTERSECTION STUDIED WAS THE FOUR-LEGGED, RIGHT-ANGLED INTERSECTION OF A HIGH-VOLUME MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET WITH A LOWER-VOLUME MINOR ARTERIAL STREET. THE MAJOR ARTERIAL HAD FOUR TRAVEL LANES WITH PARKING PROHIBITED, WHEREAS THE MINOR ARTERIAL HAD TWO TRAVEL LANES WITH PARKING PERMITTED ON BOTH SIDES. BOTH ARTERIALS WERE OPERATED AS TWO-WAY STREETS. TWO TYPES OF INTERSECTION CONTROL WERE STUDIED, THE SEMI- TRAFFIC-ACTUATED SIGNAL AND THE TWO-WAY STOP SIGN. THE DELAYS ENCOUNTERED AT THE INTERSECTION WERE MEASURED AND USED AS CRITERIA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WARRANTS. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Lewis, Russell M
  • Michael, Harold L
• Publication Date: 1963

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-43
• Monograph Title: Traffic flow theory
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Control; Digital computers; Intersections; Mathematical models; Stop signs; Streets; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic delays; Traffic simulation; Traffic volume; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Digital techniques; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Intersection angle /roadways/; Minor trafficway; Traffic warrants; Two-way
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226983
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:55PM