ESTIMATION METHOD OF LEFT TURN LANE CAPACITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PEDESTRIANS AND CROSSWALK LAYOUT AT SIGNALIZED CROSSWALKS

Yonas Minalu Emagnu, Xin Zhang, Miho Iryo-Asano, Hideki Nakamura

Abstract


The left turn lane capacity is highly influenced by the presence of pedestrians under shared signal phasing.  Pedestrian crossing time can be highly influenced by pedestrian platoon maneuver under the influence of traffic signal settings, crosswalk length and bidirectional interactions of pedestrian, due to that left turning vehicles movement may be significantly affected. However, existing capacity estimation methods of left turn lanes did not consider those factors. In addition, the influence of crosswalk layout did not properly consider in the existing methods and researches. This study aims to propose a method to estimate the left turn lane capacity, considering the characteristics of crossing pedestrians and crosswalk layout variations. Waiting pedestrian presence-time is estimated by applying pedestrian presence probability model. In addition, the left turning vehicles discharge flow rate under different crosswalk layout and pedestrian demand condition are investigated and modeled. The left turn lane capacity estimation equation is proposed by characterizing the observed discharge flow rate of left turning vehicles under the influence of crossing pedestrians. It was found that the proposed capacity estimation method can represent the realistic influence of pedestrians and crosswalk layout on the left turn lane capacity at signalized crosswalks.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12962/j20861206.v36i1.9100

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