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Frontis | cover |
Chapter 1: The Traffic Signal Controls System: Its Pieces and How They Fit Together | 1 |
Activity #1 Exploring the System and Proving a Framework | 3 |
Activity #2 What Do You Know About Traffic Signal Systems? | 17 |
Activity #3 Exploring the System: Driving Along an Arterial and Noting What You See | 23 |
Activity #4 Learning to See: The Simulation Environment in Which We Will Work | 25 |
Activity #5 Working Together: Team Building for Effective Learning and Design | 27 |
Activity #6 Design Team Agreement | 39 |
Activity #7 Introduction to the Traffic Signal Timing Manual | 41 |
Chapter 2: Modeling What We've Observed: Queuing Systems | 45 |
Activity #8: Modeling Traffic Flow at Signalized Intersections | 47 |
Activity #9: What Do You Know About Queuing Systems? | 65 |
Activity #10: Using High Resolution Field Data to Visualize Traffic Flow | 71 |
Activity #11: From Model to the Real World: Field Observations | 75 |
Activity #12: Basic Operational Principles | 81 |
Chapter 3: Whose Turn Is It? Phasing, Rings, and Barriers | 85 |
Chapter 4: Actuated Traffic Controller Timing Processes | 105 |
Activity #17 Controller Timing Process | 107 |
Activity #18 What Do You Know About Controller Operations? | 113 |
Activity #19 The ASC/3 Traffic Controller | 117 |
Activity #20 How a Traffic Phase Times and Terminates | 121 |
Activity #21 Exploring a Controller Emulator | 125 |
Activity #22 Constructing a Traffic Control Process Diagram | 127 |
Activity #23 Inferring Signal Timing Parameter Values | 137 |
Activity #24 Signal Timing Parameters | 141 |
Chapter 5: The Simulation Environment: Learning to See a Traffic Signal System | 145 |
Chapter 6: Timing Processes on One Approach | 171 |
Activity #30 Considering Minimum Green Time, Passage Time, and Detection Zone Length | 173 |
Activity #31 What Do You Know About Detection Zone Length and Passage Time? | 185 |
Activity #32 Relating the Length of the Detection Zone to the Duration of the Green Indication | 189 |
Activity #33 Determining the Length of the Minimum Green Time | 193 |
Activity #34 Understanding the Variation of Vehicle Headways in a Departing Queue | 197 |
Activity #35 Relating Headway to Unoccupancy Time and Vehicle Extension Time | 201 |
Activity #36 Determining the Maximum Allowable Headway | 205 |
Activity #37 Determining the Passage Time | 213 |
Activity #38 Actuated Traffic Control Processes | 221 |
Chapter 7: Timing Processes for the Intersection | 225 |
Activity #39 Maximum Green Time, Cycle Length, and Delay | 227 |
Activity #40 What Do You Know About Maximum Green Time, Cycle Length, and Delay? | 235 |
Activity #41 Determining the Effect of the Minor Street Vehicle Extension Time on Intersection Operations | 237 |
Activity #42 Determining the Effect of the Maximum Green Time on Intersection Operations | 245 |
Activity #43 Setting the Maximum Green Timing Parameter for All Approaches of an Intersection | 249 |
Activity #44 Maximum Green Time | 251 |
Chapter 8: Left Turn Phasing—Permitted, Protected, or Both | 255 |
Activity #45 Left Turn Phasing | 257 |
Activity #46 What Do You Know About Left Turn Phasing? | 265 |
Activity #47 Permitted Left Turn Operations | 267 |
Activity #48 Comparing Permitted and Protected Left Turn Phasing | 271 |
Activity #49 Comparing Protected/Permitted and Protected Left Turn Phasing | 273 |
Activity #50 Analysis and Design of Left Turn Treatment | 277 |
Activity #51 Left Turn Phasing Options | 279 |
Chapter 9: Right of Way Change: Change and Clearance Intervals | 283 |
Activity #52 The Theoretical Basis of the Yellow and Red Clearance Intervals | 285 |
Activity #53 What Do You Know About the Change and Clearance Intervals? | 293 |
Activity #54 Drivers Responding to Yellow and Red Indications | 295 |
Activity #55 Vehicle Response to Displays at End of Green | 297 |
Activity #56 Determining Vehicle Change and Clearance Intervals | 301 |
Activity #57 Yellow and Red Clearance Intervals | 305 |
Chapter 10: Your Final Design: Putting It All Together | 309 |
Activity #58 Integrating Information, Justifying Choices, and Communicating Results | 311 |
Activity #59 Assembling Information For Your Timing Plan Design | 325 |
Activity #60 What Do You Know About the Signal Timing Process? | 327 |
Activity #61 Signal Timing Design in Practice | 329 |
Activity #62 Design Report | 331 |
Activity #63 Design Evaluations and Assessments | 333 |