The capacity of an intersection with non-stationary traffic

The average number of vehicles being able to enter an intersection per time unit from a minor road with a stop or yield sign — the capacity of the intersection — depends on the density of the traffic stream on the major road. In case the time-process of the major road traffic at the intersection is...

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Published in:Journal of applied probability 1976-06, Vol.13 (2), p.418-422
Main Author: Wegmann, Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Logical givens
Motor vehicle traffic
Poisson process
Road intersections
Roads
Short Communications
Traffic loads
Vehicle capacity
Vehicles
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Summary:The average number of vehicles being able to enter an intersection per time unit from a minor road with a stop or yield sign — the capacity of the intersection — depends on the density of the traffic stream on the major road. In case the time-process of the major road traffic at the intersection is a non-homogeneous Poisson process with a periodic intensity function the capacity is calculated and compared with the capacity in the homogeneous case.
ISSN:0021-9002
1475-6072
DOI:10.2307/3212851