SOME EFFECTS OF LAG AND GAP ACCEPTANCE DISTRIBUTION ON AVERAGE DELAY AT PRIORITY INTERSECTIONS

THE APPLICATION OF THREE COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO THE SIMULATION OF TRAFFIC FLOW AT AN EXISTING PRIORITY INTERSECTION IS CONSIDERED. OBSERVED AND SIMULATED DELAYS TO MINOR ROAD VEHICLES ARE EXAMINED AND THE EFFECT OF THE OBSERVED GAP AND LAG ACCEPTANCE ON SIMULATED DELAYS IS NOTED. CURVES OF AVERAGE DELAY WHERE GAP AND LAG ACCEPTANCE IS A STEP FUNCTION AND WHERE IT HAS LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION ARE OBTAINED BY SIMULATION. THE DISTRIBUTION OF DELAYS OBTAINED WITH THESE PROGRAMS IS EXAMINED. A COMPARISON IS GIVEN OF AVERAGE DELAYS OBTAINED BY SIMULATION USING A STEP FUNCTION, CUMULATING LOG-NORMAL AND EXPONENTIAL GAP ACCEPTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS. /TEC/

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  • Vol 12, No 4, PP 178-181, 185, 6 FIG, 7 REF
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• Authors:
  • SALTER, R J
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Emergency response time; Functions (Mathematics); Gap acceptance; Intersections; Physical distribution; Reaction time; Simulation; Traffic delays; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227288
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM