THE CONTROL OF HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS, ROUNDABOUTS AND SIGNALS. 14TH AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM, PERTH 20-22 SEPTEMBER 1989; FORUM PAPERS. VOLUMES 1 AND 2

At a basic level, highway intersections are controlled by priority rules, that is one road is given priority over another. Right turning vehicles also give way to opposing traffic. Instead of numerical traffic volume warrants for installing signals or roundabouts, the paper suggests that delay, stopping and excess fuel consumption be determined for each intersection being considered for signals or roundabout control. Because fuel consumption considers delay and stopping, it should be minimised for the optimum form of control. An extension of the sidra program would be a convenient computing technique. In a numerical example, the excess fuel consumption for signal control was found to be relatively high. At isolated intersections this form of control should be used sparingly. Further work is required to determine the optimum extent of signal control in a network of intersections (a). For the covering record of the forum, see IRRD no 822808.

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  Western Australia Department of Transport

  136 Stirling Highway
  Nedlands, Western Australia,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Pretty, R
  • Troutbeck, R
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 323-46
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Western Australia Department of Transport
  • Volume: 1
  • Publisher: Western Australia Department of Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Computer programs; Conferences; Fuel consumption; Intersections; Networks; Right turns; Roads; Roundabouts; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7309-2663-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM