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Comparing the Performance of Unconventional Median U-turn Intersections and Signalized Intersections: A Simulation Study.

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The Majority of intersections in Mansoura City are not controlled. The unconventional median U-turn (MUT) intersection design is the dominant design in Mansoura. In MUTs, right-turn movements are allowed for all approaches, but through movements are allowed only for the main street traffic. For left-turn in both the major and the minor streets and for through movements for the minor street traffic, vehicles must go through the U-turns in the median to complete their movement. For example, through movements on the minor street have to turn-right first into the main street then make a U-turn into the main street before making a right-turn into the minor street to continue to their destination. This paper presents the results of a simulation study for comparing the performance of the urban non-stranded 4-leg intersections with the signalized intersections. The VISSIM microscopic traffic simulation model was used in this analysis. The average delay per vehicle was used as the main measure of performance of the different intersections design with different traffic volumes.

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2015.173215

Keywords

Median U-turn intersections, Signalized intersections, Average delay, Queue length, Traffic microsimulation, VISSIM

Authors

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Elrawy Shahdah

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Traffic engineering, traffic safety, urban transportation planning , Transportation Engineering , Mansoura University

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usama.shahdah@mans.edu.eg

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0000-0001-9176-2956

First Name

M.

Last Name

Elshabrawy

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Affiliation

Professor emeritus., Public Works Engineering Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., c., Egypt.

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Mansoura

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First Name

S.

Last Name

Elbadawy

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Affiliation

Associate Professo.r, Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University Mansoura, Egypt 35516

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City

Mansoura

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Gabr

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor., Public Works Engineering Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

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City

Mansoura

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Azam

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Assistant Professor., Public Works Engineering Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

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Mansoura

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Volume

40

Article Issue

6

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15885

Issue Date

2015-12-01

Receive Date

2015-08-29

Publish Date

2015-12-01

Page Start

100

Page End

108

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

Article File

BFEMU_Volume 40_Issue 6_Pages 100-108.pdf

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Publication Title

MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

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Comparing the Performance of Unconventional Median U-turn Intersections and Signalized Intersections: A Simulation Study.

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22 Jan 2023