A methodology that quantifies potential conflicts between left-turning vehicles and opposing through vehicles and pedestrians is presented. The methodology was based on and designed to be compatible with the Highway Capacity Manual 2000. A model was developed to combine delay and safety to get a comprehensive level-of-service indicator, the delay and safety index (DS). A case study of two intersections shows that if potential conflict is not considered, the signal timing plan with permitted left turns delivers a better level of service than that with protected left turns. However, if potential conflict is considered, the level of service under protected left-turn phasing is better than that under permitted left-turn phasing, according to the DS, when the safety weight factors exceed a certain value. The proposed method models the trade-off between safety and efficiency explicitly and considers both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian conflicts associated with left turns.
Signalized Intersection Level of Service Incorporating Safety Risk
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 1852 , 1 ; 77-86
2003-01-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Signalized Intersection Level of Service Incorporating Safety Risk
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