THEME 9: DESIGN OF INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR MAXIMUM FLOW AND MINIMUM COST. PAPER 2: CAPACITY, SAFETY AND DELAY AT NEW TYPES OF ROUNDABOUTS WITH OFFSIDE PRIORITY

This paper discusses offside-priority traffic circles from the point of view of capacity, safety and delay, taking into account results obtained in experiments and surveys undertaken as part of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory's research program. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 12th International Study Week, Traffic Engineering.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Touring and Automobile Organization

  Chesham Place 32
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • MAYCOCK, G
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Crashes; Design; Highway capacity; Layout; Mathematical models; Offside; Roundabouts; Safety; Strategic planning; Traffic circles; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 643: Capacity (road, footway); 632: Congestion (traffic); 9010: Delay; 2885: Layout; 6473: Mathematical model; 9053: On the left; 648: Priority (traffic); 438: Roundabout; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128681
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM