PLATOON MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC FROM AN ISOLATED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION

THE PAPER DISCUSSES AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH MOTOR VEHICLES REMAIN BUNCHED TOGETHER WHEN TRAVELING FREELY DOWN A SEMI-EXPRESSWAY TYPE OF FACILITY AFTER HAVING BEEN FORMED INTO PLATOONS BY AN ISOLATED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. OBSERVATIONS OF SPACE-TIME DATA WERE MADE AT FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM FROM A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AT DISTANCES UP TO 0.65 MI. THE SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT A DEFINITE PATTERN OF VEHICLE PERFORMANCE PREVAILS, AND A METHOD IS SUGGESTED FOR COORDINATING THE TIMING OF A SECOND TRAFFIC SIGNAL, PLACED AT ANY DISTANCE UP TO 0.65 MI, TO AFFORD LESS DELAY TO THE TRAFFIC STREAM THAN IF THE SIGNAL WERE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME ENTIRELY RANDOM MANNER. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 178, pp 1-11, 13 FIG, 1 TAB, 12 REF 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:
  • Lewis, Brian J
• Publication Date: 1958

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Vehicle performance as affected by pavement edge lines and traffic signals
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 178
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Traffic platooning; Traffic signals; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Timing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227168
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM