MODELLING OF PRIORITY INTERSECTIONS

MODELACION DE INTERSECCIONES PRIORITARIAS

This article presents a synthesis of research carried out to model the capacity, delays and queues at urban priority junctions in Chile. The main objective of the study was to test the application to Chilean conditions of computer programs and models developed at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) for the simulation of priority junctions. Field experiments are briefly described, and the results and statistical analyses presented show great similarity between figures and parameters obtained in Chile and England. Observed differences in visibility parameters (to right and left) are attributed to the inadequate design of priority junctions in Chile.

• Corporate Authors:

  Universidad Catolica de Chile

  School of Engineering, Avenida Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Casilla 306, Correo 22
  Santiago,   Chile 
• Authors:
  • Schumilo, A
  • Coeymans, J E
• Publication Date: 1989-1-2

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5-19
• Serial:
  • APUNTES DE INGENIERIA
  • Issue Number: 34

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Computer programs; Highway capacity; Intersections; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Queuing; Simulation; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic surveys; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Chile
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498557
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM