GUIDELINES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT ISOLATED INTERSECTIONS ON HIGH-SPEED RURAL HIGHWAYS

This paper involves the development of guidelines for traffic control warrants at isolated intersections on high-speed rural highways by using both field studies and traffic simulation. Gap-acceptance and delay studies were performed at stop-sign-controlled rural intersections in Indiana, and the resulting data were used to validate and modify the UTCS-1 program (known now as NETSIM). Two-way stop signs, pretimed signals, semiactuated signals, and fully actuated signals were evaluated over a range of traffic volumes on both major and minor approaches. Annual economic cost was used as a basis to develop criteria for selecting the most appropriate control type. The resulting warrants are expressed in chart form. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Radwan, Ahmed E
  • Sinha, Kumares C
  • Michael, Harold L
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 10-17
• Monograph Title: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, GEOMETRICS, VISIBILITY, AND ROUTE GUIDANCE
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 737
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Gap acceptance; Guidelines; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Intersections; Rural highways; Speed; Stop signs; Traffic control; Traffic delays; Traffic signs; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315062
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309029929
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 512
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 8 1984 12:00AM