LEFT TURNING BEHAVIOUR ACROSS A BUS LANE ON THE MAJOR CARRIAGEWAY

Drivers in Glasgow have complained that they have found it difficult to turn left into side roads, across a near-side bus lane, within the space provided beyond the end of the bus lane for this purpose, called the set-back. This paper reports on a project which analysed left turning driver behaviour at five side road junctions on Glasgow's bus priority routes. The basis of a model for the prediction of the optimum bus lane set-back in terms of driver comfort is proposed which is based on a US style 'level of service' approach. (A)

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  Hemming Group, Limited

  32 Vauxhall Bridge Road
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1V 2SS
• Authors:
  • Higginbotham, M
  • Rye, T
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 187-90
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Buses; Crimes; Drivers; Intersections; Left turns; Road markings; Traffic lanes
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1272: Bus; 562: Carriageway marking; 1772: Driver; 455: Junction; 1516: Offence; 2827: Traffic lane; 1836: Turning
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961305
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 13 2003 12:00AM