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Chapter 10: Your Final Design: Putting It All Together
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In Chapter 10, you will complete your signal timing design and present your results. In the previous nine
chapters of this book, you have learned how an actuated traffic control system at an isolated intersection
works and the process for designing the phasing and timing parameters for a given traffic demand and
geometric design. In this chapter you will assemble the various signal timing components that you have
designed and evaluated, and integrate them into a final design. When you have completed the activities in
this chapter, you will have completed and presented a report of the work that you have done!
When you have completed the activities in this chapter, you will be able to
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Integrate information from previous work
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Justify design choices
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Communicate results
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Prepare a timing plan for an isolated actuated signalized intersection based on an analysis of traffic flow
quality and intersection performance for a range of timing parameter values and phasing alternatives
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Synthesize ideas from a professional engineering report
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Compare your design results with values recommended for practice
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Integrate information into a professional style report and presentation
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Clearly communicate the timing plan design for an isolated actuated signalized intersection based on
an analysis of traffic flow quality and intersection performance for a range of timing parameter values
and phasing alternatives
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Provide effective feedback to others
This chapter begins with a
Reading
(Activity #58) that describes some of the issues that you will face in
putting together your final report. A discovery activity (Activity #59) follows in which you will assemble
the elements of your signal timing design. You will compare your work with two links to professional
practice: a review of a signal timing design report (Activity #60) and the
Traffic Signal Timing Manual
(Activity #61). The chapter concludes with two design activities on the completion and presentation of
your design (Activities #62 and #63).
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Your Final Design: Putting It All Together