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Safety Enhanced Signal Phase Sequence Design of a Rotary with Five Leg Intersection  

박재완 (한양대학교 교통공학과)
김진태 (한양대학교 첨단도로연구센터)
장명순 (한양대학교 교통시스템공학과)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.20, no.7, 2002 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
Five and more leg intersections have been still in operation in many urban areas. The number of conflicts in five leg intersection is more than four leg intersection. The signal timing design in the five leg intersection should be performed not only to reduce delay but also to increase safety. This paper suggests safety enhanced signal phase sequence design of a rotary with five leg intersection such as phase sequence minimizing the number of conflict points at the rotary with five leg intersections and the phase-length-design procedure by utilizing the Traffic Network Study Tool(TRANSYT). Field data was collected from Gonguptap five leg intersection in Ulsan and TRANSYT-7F was applied for signal timing design model. Optimal signal phase length and sequence of TRANSYT-7F is rearranged based on the Principal of "two moving traffic flows per phase". In conclusion, proposed signal phase design increased delay by 6.2% compared with the optimal signal phase of TRANSYT-7F. However, it could decrease the number of conflict in the five leg intersection by 61.5%.
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TRANSYT;
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