ZONE OF INFLUENCE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL (PRELIMINARY COPY OF FINAL REPORT)

AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF PLATOONING CHARACTERISTICS AS VEHICLES ARRIVE AT VARIOUS OBSERVATION POINTS DOWNSTREAM FROM A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. THE RESULTS SHOW, FOR EACH DATA POINT, THE PERCENTAGE OF OBSERVED VEHICLES REMAINING IN THE PLATOON, THE SPEED OF AVERAGE PLATOON ARRIVALS, AND THE TIME OF ARRIVAL (OFFSETS) OF THE AVERAGE PLATOON. THE FINDINGS PROVIDE A MEASURE OF THE PLATOON DISPERSION TO DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR SIGNALS BASED ON INTERRUPTION OF CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC FLOW. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, 68-6
• Corporate Authors:

  Missouri State Highway Commission

  State Highway Building
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65101

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Traffic flow; Traffic platooning; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 22 1994 12:00AM