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Title:

An Assessment of Multimodal Level-of-Service as a Performance Measure for Signalized Intersections

Accession Number:

01340195

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Planning and building infrastructure to support one mode may have an adverse effect on operational performance of another mode. However, agencies have no scientifically accepted or widely used methods or tools to analyze operational performance of a facility from a multimodal perspective. Currently, Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 2000 is used for operational analysis of vehicular traffic while the second edition of the 2003 Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCQSM) and Florida’s 2009 Quality/Level-of-Service (FQLOS) Handbook are used for operational analysis of public transit service and pedestrian/bicycle level-of-service (LOS) analysis. This paper focuses on the development and assessment of a method to compute LOS as a performance measure for signalized intersections from a multimodal perspective. The effects of different weight combinations based on travel demand (percent trips), number of fatal crashes and crash rates by each selected mode are also examined. Data collected at eight signalized intersections along a study corridor in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina are used to illustrate the working of the proposed method. Results obtained are sensitive to LOS of individual modes as well as when different weights were used to determine a combined multimodal LOS. The developed method can be used by planners and engineers to effectively evaluate the operational performance of a signalized intersection from a multimodal perspective.

Supplemental Notes:

The DVD lists the title of this paper as: Assessment of Multimodal Level-of-Service as a Performance Measure for Signalized Intersections.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-4266

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Pulugurtha, Srinivas Subrahmanyam
Kusam, Prasanna

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (30) ; Tables (6)

Identifier Terms:

Highway Capacity Manual 2000

Geographic Terms:

Charlotte (North Carolina)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-4266

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 6:48PM