Conventional treatment of left-turn at major arterial intersections is often found to be the major cause of poor arterial operations, especially under a heavy volume condition. New Jersey Jug-handle Intersection (NJJI), an unconventional intersection scheme, eliminates direct left turn and has been in place on NJDOT heavy-volume arterial roadways for quite a long time. The NJJI scheme separates left turn vehicles prior to or after crossing the intersection via a right side jug-handle (forward or reverse) ramp and then allow them to make turn onto cross-street via ramp terminus separated from the main intersection. By introducing jug-handle ramps at all four approaches of a four-legged intersection, four identical ramp termini can be constructed. These ramp termini can be signalized along with the main intersection and each of them can be operated on a two-phase signal. CORSIM, a micro-simulation model, has been utilized to evaluate and compare the operational performance of a forward ramp NJJI scheme (with and without signals at the ramp termini) with a conventional intersection (CI) scheme. The simulation study reveals that the NJJI scheme with pre-signals significantly improves traffic operations while increasing the intersection capacity. Other benefits of the NJJI scheme include reduction of vehicle stop time, fuel consumption and emission level.
An Evaluation of New Jersey Jug-Handle Intersection (NJJI) with and without Pre-Signals
First Congress of Transportation and Development Institute (TDI) ; 2011 ; Chicago, Illinois, United States
T&DI Congress 2011 ; 1245-1254
2011-03-11
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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