LIMITS OF CAPACITY OF TRAFFIC NETWORKS

LEISTUNGSFAEHIGKEITSGRENZEN DES VERKEHRSNETZES

Trouble free traffic flow is always dependent on the limits of capacity of the road networks, particularly where large traffic volumes arise or where unexpected disturbances occur on inter-regional roads. Capacity is defined as the highest possible traffic loading, i.e. The traffic volume per hour which a traffic lane will take under actual traffic and carriageway conditions. The author presents capacities for various road types (two-way streets, residential and service roads, motorways) and the most favourable capacity speeds, i.e. The speed values at which the highest possible capacities can be guaranteed. Junctions, t-junctions, and crossroads determine the capacity of a stretch of road, and this may be improved by traffic signals. Special events (demonstrations, performances, construction sites, accidents), result in a reduction in the capacity. The author presents some reflections on traffic capacities. He closes with a list of measures for the improvement of capacity. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Hannes Schmitt-Horr Verlag

  Juliusstrasse 2
  D62 Wiesbaden,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Saenger, H
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 128-132
• Serial:
  • Polizei Technik Verkehr
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Hannes Schmitt-Horr Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Crashes; Freeways; Highway capacity; Intersections; Low volume roads; Networks; Roads; Service roads; Speed; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic loads; Traffic signals; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Two lane highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interaction; Road networks; Transportation networks
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170356
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM