GAP UTILIZATION A WARRANT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL

RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH REPORTED IN THIS ARTICLE SHOW THAT A WARRANT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL IS FEASIBLE BASED ON THE RELATION OF THE GAP AVAILABILITY IN THE TRAFFIC ON MAJOR STREETS TO THE LAG OR GAP ACCEPTANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIVER ON MINOR STREETS. PROPERLY OPERATED TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR ALLOCATING TIME AND SPACE TO THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER STREET AND HIGHWAY LOCATIONS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY NECESSARY, BUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO ALL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT INTERSECTIONS. THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN ITSELF DOES NOT DETERMINE THE NEED FOR SIGNALS, DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE GAPS IN TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAIN STREETS BY VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS ON MINOR STREETS SHOULD BE OF CRITICAL CONSIDERATION. THE METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED IN THE RESEARCH REPORTED IN THIS ARTICLE CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. TO USE THE METHODOLOGY ACCURATELY, HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER OBTAIN DATA ON THE VARIATIONS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE GAPS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GAP ACCEPTANCE AT THE INDIVIDUAL INTERSECTIONS STUDIED. /BPR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 34, No 6, PP 121-127, 13 FIG, 3 TAB, 16 REF
• Authors:
  • Desrosiers, R D
• Publication Date: 1967-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Gap acceptance; Intersections; Traffic flow; Traffic signal controllers; Traffic signals; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225141
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM