Question: An intersection is located in an area with no slope. Due to the heavy traffic observed in the intersection, especially during the morning and evening
An intersection is located in an area with no slope. Due to the heavy traffic observed in the
intersection, especially during the morning and evening peak hours, the municipality has decided
to signalize the intersection. Two phases are considered for the signal, where phase is dedicated
to the major street on the EastWest bound including through, right turn, and left turn
movements and phase is dedicated to the minor street on the NorthSouth bound including
through, right turn, and left turn movements The street widths in the EW and NS directions
are respectively measured at and feet and : as shown in the figure below.
The speed and time headway values of two samples of vehicles are measured; one sample in the
EW direction and the other sample in the NS direction. In addition, the speed of a pedestrian
sample is measured. The signal should be designed for the th percentile speed of the two vehicle
samples and the th percentile speed of the pedestrian sample. The values can be found in the
table below. It is also observed that the length of a typical vehicle is
a Design the twophase signal only for the vehicles for a cycle length equal to seconds, and
minimum green interval of seconds for the minor street DRAW THE TWO PHASES.
b Design the signal by including the pedestrian. DRAW THE PHASES.
c Calculate the intersection capacity in both directions.
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