ENTRY TO A TRAFFIC STREAM

AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN MADE INTO THE PROCESS OF TRAFFIC ENTERING A PASSING TRAFFIC STREAM UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE MERITS OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS. EXPRESSIONS FOR THE MEAN DELAY TO ENTERING VEHICLES HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND ARE FOUND TO AGREE WELL WITH FIELD DATA. THESE EXPRESSIONS, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN EARLIER EXPRESSIONS FOR ABSORPTION RATES, HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO MORE THAN ONE ENTRY POINT AND CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS REACHED. THE EFFECT OF ENTERING TRAFFIC UPON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRAFFIC STREAM HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED, AND PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS RELEVANT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE RESULTS ARE OUTLINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, Part 1, PAPER NO 16, PP 206-228, 7 FIG, 7 TAB, 10 REF
• Authors:
  • Major, N C
  • Buckley, D J
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Australian Road Research Board Proc
  • Issue Number: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Gap acceptance; Merging traffic; Theory; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic studies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227141
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM