THE CONTROL OF RIGHT-TURNING VEHICLES AT SIGNAL-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS

This paper describes a unique form of traffic signal- controlled highway junction in which the major highway is rechannelised to allow a right-turning movement to take place without the necessity for an additional right-turning phase or late and early start facilities. Traffic actions at both the conventional form of traffic signal approach and the unique form have been simulated and the resulting delays to right-turning vehicles compared. Field studies have been used to obtain the input parameters to the simulation models and also to validate the models themselves. The suggested form of junction shows considerable reduction in delay for vehicles making a right turn. /Author/TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Al-Salman, HST
  • SALTER, R J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 683-686
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Field studies; Intersections; Right turns; Signalized intersections; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic delays; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals; Turning traffic; Vehicles; Vehicular phase
• Uncontrolled Terms: Channelization
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay-out; Traffic control systems
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 654: Traffic control; 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal; 1836: Turning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097483
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM