PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPACTS ON SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OPERATION: THE U.S. EXPERIENCE

At signalized intersections, right of way allocation must not only consider conflicting vehicle movements, but also account for conflicts of vehicle with pedestrians and bicycles. Presently, the U.S. Highway Capacity Manual considers the impact of pedestrians on right and unopposed left turn movements capacity only, while their effect on permissive left turns is ignored. Bicycles on the other hand are assumed to act as motor vehicle-equivalents in some cases (e.g. on through lanes) and as pedestrians in others (e.g. when conflicting with a right-turn movement). These ad-hoc approaches to pedestrian and bicycle analyses reflect a lack of nation-wide research that can provide the necessary empirical foundation for model development and validation. This paper presents the results of a nation-wide U.S. study on the effect of pedestrians and bicycles on vehicle movement operations. This paper describes the field studies and recommends analytical and simulation models for capturing pedestrians and bicycles at signalized intersections.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/8774919059
• Corporate Authors:

  Danish Road Directorate

  13 Niels Juels Gade, P.O. Box 9018
  Copenhagen K,   Denmark  DK-1022
• Authors:
  • Rouphail, N
  • Hummer, J E
  • Goldblatt, R
• Conference:
  • Third International Symposium on Highway Capacity
  • Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Date: 1998-6-22 to 1998-6-26
• Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 853-872

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Bicycles; Field studies; Impacts; Pedestrians; Reviews; Right of way (Traffic); Saturation flow; Signalized intersections; Simulation; Surveys; Through traffic; Traffic conflicts; Traffic flow rate; Turning traffic
• Identifier Terms: Highway Capacity Manual
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783569
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 8774919059
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 2000 12:00AM