Operational Improvements at Traffic Circles: Safety Analysis

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Operational Improvements at Traffic Circles: Safety Analysis: Final Report: December 2008
• Creators:
  List, George ; Demers, Alixandra ; Wojtowicz, Jeffrey ; Ozbay, Kaan ; Bartin, Bekir ; Rahi, Neha
• Corporate Creators:
  Rutgers University ; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies
• Corporate Contributors:
  New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Technology ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic models
  • Traffic circles
  • Safety
  • Mathematical models
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-NJ-2008-011
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this study was to improve the safety and operation at three traffic circles in New ; Jersey. To do this, data were collected at the traffic circles to allow researchers to model the ; circles using the PARAMICS software simulation package. Once operational and safety factors ; were evaluated at the circles, alternatives for improvement were developed. The PARAMICS ; model was then utilized to evaluate the costs and benefits of each alternative. To augment the ; simulation work, empirical analysis was also performed using two model forms.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17163/dot_17163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.33 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd5c47404c48ab839c554322f4302bb10113737f8ac0bfe005374da832b128d984eb37813a51a14addf8f097dff57ef8dd10dc76f04fcead42b6c2f05491603d