WAITING TIME AT JUNCTIONS WITHOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS /IN/ FRENCH/
AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DEFINE A SIMPLE METHOD OF OBTAINING THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME OF VEHICLES APPROACHING A RURAL JUNCTION FROM THE NON-PRIORITY ROAD. THE FIRST PART DEALS WITH THE THEORETICAL LIMIT-CAPACITY OF THE JUNCTION, OR IN OTHER WORDS, WITH THE SATURATION FLOW OF THE NON-PRIORITY ROAD FOR A GIVEN FLOW ON THE PRIORITY ROAD AND FOR A GIVEN "CRITICAL GAP". THE SECOND PART IS CONCERNED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NOMOGRAPHS FOR CALCULATING THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME AS A FUNCTION OF THE FLOWS AND FOR DIFFERENT VALUES OF THE "CRITICAL GAP". THESE NOMOGRAPHS ARE BASED ON GENERAL RESULTS FROM THE QUEUEING THEORY. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Serv D'etudes Tech Routes & Autorts /Fr
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Authors:
- Hubert, M
- Publication Date: 1970-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 1h p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Intersections; Queuing; Rural highways; Traffic delays
- Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227772
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 21 1973 12:00AM