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https://doi.org/10.3141/1737-11

http://scholar.google.com...ttis&publication_year=2000

Transportation engineers use statistical distributions to determine the needed storage lengths of auxiliary left- and right-turn lanes. The theory behind the common design approach is reviewed. Field data are used to show shortcomings with the common design approach, and other storage length design perspectives and tradeoffs are discussed. With this information, design engineers can better understand the relative strengths of various approaches and be more comfortable with a degree of flexibility in turn-lane storage length design.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1737, Geometric Design and Effects on Traffic Operations 2000.

English

p. 84-91

2000

Transportation Research Record

0309067405

Figures (1) ; References (7) ; Tables (6)

Distributions (Statistics); Highway design; Length; Theory; Traffic volume; Turning lanes

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 11 2001 12:00AM

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• BENEFITS OF SPLIT INTERSECTIONS
• DESIGN OF ROUNDABOUTS IN FRANCE: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND STATE OF THE ART
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• EVALUATING HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT DESIGN CONSISTENCY OF TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCEDURE
• KINEMATIC APPROACH TO HORIZONTAL CURVE TRANSITION DESIGN
• PREDICTING OPERATING SPEEDS ON TANGENT SECTIONS OF TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS
• SPEED-PROFILE MODEL FOR TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS
• UTILIZATION OF AUXILIARY THROUGH LANES AT INTERSECTIONS OF FOUR-LANE, TWO-WAY ROADWAYS