01005368

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https://doi.org/10.3141/1912-04

http://scholar.google.com...than&publication_year=2005

Transportation planners and traffic engineers are facing the challenge of inventing ways to mitigate congestion during the peak hours. Alleviating delays and improving safety for passengers and pedestrians are the primary motives. One way of achieving these objectives is to search for alternative intersection and interchange designs. This paper presents the results of a study on two new alternate designs: double crossover intersection and diverging diamond interchange. These designs were studied for different traffic scenarios with the use of traffic simulation, and the results showed better performance during peak hours than that of similar corresponding conventional designs. Better performance includes better level of service, shorter delays, smaller queues, and higher throughput.

01005363

English

pp 31-38

2005

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309093856

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Figures (6) ; References (2) ; Tables (9)

Highway design; Level of service; Peak hour traffic; Performance; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic mitigation; Traffic queuing; Traffic simulation

Diverging diamond interchanges; Double crossover intersections; Throughput

Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Oct 10 2005 4:14PM

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