With the rapid growth of vehicles, signalized intersection congestion is getting worse. Variable approach-lanes were applied as one of the new engineering measures, which can adjust the steering function of the approaches (generally left-turn/straight and right-turn/straight) according to the traffic flow in different directions at different time periods. A growing number of cities have started promoting the use of variable approach-lanes. However, a preliminary investigation indicated that the utilization of variable approach-lanes is not very high. An ordered probit model was established to analyze factors that affect the adaptability of drivers based on a questionnaire survey. The results showed that gender, driving age, length of residency in Hangzhou, roadside traffic signs, signal indicator, and pre-signals had significant correlations with utilization of variable approach-lanes. Some effective strategies were presented to provide a reliable basis for authorities to develop better traffic control and management measures.


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    Title :

    Drivers’ Adaptability of the Variable Approach-Lane at Signalized Intersections


    Contributors:
    Yu, Yanan (author) / Ma, Yongfeng (author) / Zhang, Chenxiao (author) / Chen, Shuyan (author)

    Conference:

    18th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2018 ; Beijing, China


    Published in:

    CICTP 2018 ; 1505-1513


    Publication date :

    2018-07-02




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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