CAPACITY OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING

FOR A BUSY STREET CHARTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH SHOW: (1) PROBABILITIES FOR THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES PER HOUR, AND (2) CAPACITY OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNAL TIMING FOR (1) PASSENGER CARS AT 45 TO 55 MPH, 35 TO 45 MPH, 25 TO 35 MPH, AND 15 TO 25 MPH, (2) TRUCKS AT 45 TO 55 MPH, AND (3) COMBINED SPEEDS AND VEHICLE TYPES.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/271/271-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 271, pp 45-67, 15 FIG, 4 TAB, 1 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Bellis, W R
• Conference:
  • 39th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1960-1-11 to 1960-1-15
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: Increasing traffic capacity of arterial streets
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 271
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Probability theory; Speed; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225350
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 23 1994 12:00AM