CAPACITY OF AT-GRADE JUNCTIONS

This report considers the efficient design of at-grade intersections, concentrating on methods of estimating the capacity of these layouts. Major/minor priority and traffic signals or traffic circles with offside priority are the control methods most suited to high traffic demand. Included in an appendix are a detailed example of the German method for major/minor intersections, traffic signal capacity calculations based on "saturation flow" (Europe) and "load factor" (US), and a description of the latest design methods for traffic circles with offside priority (as widely used in the UK). Safety and environmental acceptability are intersection design aspects of fundamental importance.

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

  2001 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 119 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Design; Highway capacity; Intersections; Load factor; Traffic circles; Traffic control; Traffic signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Intersection capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084321
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ISBN 92-64-11317-7
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM