Many state and local transportation agencies have considered using U-turns as alternatives to direct left turns from driveways or side streets. Median designs are used that prohibit left turns onto the facility and mid-block U-turn median openings to accommodate diverted left turns from side streets or driveways. The location of these U-turn median openings has a great impact on the operations of U-turns. Traffic operations (weaving and delay) for right turns followed by U-turn movements on urban or suburban multilane roadways were analyzed. A working model was developed to guide the location of U-turn median openings by minimizing the average delay for U-turn movements. A case study demonstrates the operational and safety benefits of optimal U-turn median opening location.


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    Titel :

    Optimal Location of U-Turn Median Openings on Roadways


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Beteiligte:
    Zhou, Huaguo (Autor:in) / Hsu, Peter (Autor:in) / Lu, Jian John (Autor:in) / Wright, John E. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2003




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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