ON THE HIGHWAY CROSSING PROBLEM

AS VIEWED BY A DRIVER AT A STOP SIGN WISHING TO CROSS A ONE-WAY TRAFFIC STREAM, TIME PROGRESSES AS A SERIES OF BLOCKS, I.E., INTERVALS WHEN HE CANNOT MOVE OUT TO CROSS, AND GAPS, I.E. NON-BLOCKING INTERVALS. DISTRIBUTIONS OF BLOCKS AND GAPS ARE FOUND BY ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUES UNDER THE SINGLE ASSUMPTION THAT SUCCESSIVE HEADWAYS ARE UNCORRELATED. THE DISTRIBUTION OF DELAY TO THE DRIVER WAITING TO CROSS IS FOUND, AND AS A SPECIAL CASE AN IMPORTANT GENERALIZATION OF TANNER'S DISTRIBUTION IS DEVELOPED. THE "HIGHWAY TRANSPARENCY" IS DERIVED BY AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO THAT GIVEN BY OTHER AUTHORS. A DISCUSSION IS GIVEN OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF SITUATIONS IN PRACTICE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, Part 1, PP 529-548
• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Allen, R R
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Headways; Mathematical models; One way traffic; Railroad grade crossings; Stop signs; Traffic delays; Traffic simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227231
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1970 12:00AM