An investigation of the relationship between total and stopped delay at signalized intersections /
acceleration rates are generally used by most drivers to
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | acceleration rates are generally used by most drivers to analytical model was developed to account for the relevant and acceleration rates. By studying the effects of the and stopped delay at signalized intersections. As the 1.3 as a constant and should be calculated using an appropriate as approach speed increased, this delay ratio increased when changing the composition of total delay. In conclusion, the components was analyzed with respect to the different constant as the operating conditions changed. Specifically, data were collected in the field to validate the model's decelerate from or accelerate to higher speeds,thus for this phenomenon is that higher deceleration or model. NETSIM computer simulation program was used to provide operating conditions at signalized intersections. The TRAF- other parameters were assigned reasonable values. A similar ratio of total delay to stopped delay should not be treated reference values for the results from the analytical model relevant parameters, the relationship between delay results. Statistical analysis was used as an important tool that the ratio of total delay to stopped delay was not a This thesis investigated the relationship between total delay to achieve this goal. The results from this study indicated trend was observed from the field measurements. The reason under the same operating conditions. Actual traffic delay value used in the 1985 HCM was obtained empirically, an variables such as approach speeds and associated deceleration |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Civil Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 86 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |