Traffic flow and phase plan for a four-arm intersection is shown in figure.

The E-W flow is 1420, WE flow is 1150, N-S flow is 640, and S-N flow is 580 vehicles per hour. Assume for all the phases the yellow time is 3 seconds, the lost time is 4 seconds, saturation headway is 1.2 seconds, and degree of saturation is 0.9. Assume left turn adjustment factor 1.2 and right turn adjustment factor 1.3. Assume left turn and right turn traffic proportions of 20% and 30% respectively. Assuming no pedestrian traffic, compute signal timing and illustrate with a sketch. 1 Input Data No of phases N Yellow time in sec Y Lost time in sec L Saturation head way in sec h Degree of saturation X Left turn adj factor fLT Through turn traffic fT Right turn adj factor fRT Signal time computaion Movement E-W Left E-W Through E-W Right W-E Left W-E Through W-E Right N-S Left N-S Through N-S Right S-N Left S-N Through S-N Right Total Critical flow Vc Saturation flow s Available green tg Cycle time C Lane 4 5 6 1 2 3 9 9 10 7 7 8

4 3 4 1.20 0.90 1.20 1.00 1.30 Lane flows 284 710 426 230 575 345 128 320 192 116 290 174 Adj Factor 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 Adj Flow 340.80 710.00 553.80 276.00 575.00 448.50 153.60 320.00 249.60 139.20 290.00 226.20 Phase Phase movement details Phase flows E-W Left 340.8 E-W Through 710 W-E Left 276 W-E Through 575 N-S Left & N-S Through 473.6 S-N Left & S-N Through 429.2 N-S Right 249.6 S-N Right 226.2 E-W Right 553.8 W-E Right 448.5 Nil Nil Vc_i g_i G_i

710

15.93

17

2 3

473.6 249.6

10.63 5.60

12 7

553.8

12.43

14

1987 3000 44.59 60.59

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For the above problem, if the actual green time allotted is 30, 28, 18 and 22 respectively for phase 1, 2, 3 and 4, compute the delay for each lane and total intersection delay. 3 Delay computation Input Data Phases 1 2 3 4 Saturation flow s Cycle time C

G1 30 28 18 22

Movement Lane E-W Left 4 E-W Through 5 E-W Right 6 W-E Left 1 W-E Through 2 W-E Right 3 N-S Left 9 N-S Through 9 N-S Right 10 S-N Left 7 S-N Through 7 S-N Right 8 Average Intersection delay (sec/vehicle)

g1 29 27 17 21 3000 110 Flow (fi) 284 710 426 230 575 345 448 192 406 174

Note: For delay calculation, adjustment factors should not be used since adjustment factors are actually for the saturation flow.

Phase 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 3 2 3

gi 29 29 21 29 29 21 27 17 27 17

di 32.94 39.07 41.96 32.30 36.89 40.68 36.81 42.00 36.21 41.73 38.04

di x fi 9355.29 27739.04 17876.38 7428.77 21214.10 14035.67 16491.19 8064.34 14703.16 7261.75 (cum di fi) / (cum fi)

Note: N-S Left and N-S Right are part of the respective through movement.

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