Highway Traffic Analysis and Design by R. J. Salter
Contents of Highway Traffic Analysis and Design PDF
- PART 1. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION
- Introduction to the transportation planning process
- The transportation study area
- The collection of existing travel data
- The external cordon and screenline surveys
- Other surveys
- Trip generation
- Trip distribution
- Modal split
- Traffic assignment
- The evaluation of transportation proposals
- PART 2. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
- The capacity of highways between intersections
- Headway distributions in highway traffic flow
- The relationship between speed, flow and density of a highway traffic stream
- The distribution of vehicular speeds in a highway traffic stream
- The macroscopic determination of speed and flow of a highway traffic stream
- Intersections with priority control
- Driver reactions at priority intersections
- Delays at priority intersections
- A simulation approach to delay at priority intersections
- Roundabout intersections
- Merging, diverging and weaving at grade-separated junctions and interchanges
- Queueing processes in traffic flow
- Geometric delay at non-signalised intersections
- Grade-separated junctions
- The environmental effects of highway traffic noise
- The environmental effects of highway traffic pollution
- Traffic congestion and restraint
- PART 3. TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL
- Introduction to traffic signals
- Warrants for the use of traffic signals
- Phasing
- Signal aspects and the intergreen period
- Signal control strategies
- Geometric factors affecting the capacity of a traffic signal approach
- The effect of traffic factors on the capacity of a traffic signal approach
- Determination of the effective green time
- Optimum cycle times for an intersection
- The timing diagram
- Early cut-off and late-start facilities
- Opposed right-turning vehicles and gap acceptance
- The ultimate capacity of the whole intersection
- The optimisation of signal-approach dimensions
- Optimum signal settings when saturation flow falls during the green period
- Delay at signal-controlled intersections
- Determination of the optimum cycle from a consideration of delays on the approach
- Average queue lengths at the commencement of the green period
- The co-ordination of traffic signals
- Time and distance diagrams for linked traffic signals
- Platoon dispersion and the linking of traffic signals
- The prediction of the dispersion of traffic platoons downstream of signals
- The delay offset relationship and the linking of signals
- Some area traffic control systems
