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Signal timing: Road 1 14 m, Road 2 7 m

Short answer

Using Webster's method, critical flow ratios 0.231 (Road1) and0.132 (Road2), sum Y=0.364, total lost time10 s. Optimum cycle35 s; displayed green: Road1=18 s, Road2=11 s, amber3 s each.

At a right-angled intersection of two roads, Road 1 has four lanes with a total width of 14m and Road 2 has two lanes with a total width of 7m. The volume of traffic approaching the intersection during the design hour are 850 and 750 PCU/hr on the two approaches of Road 1 and 200 and 250 PCU/hr on the two approaches of Road 2. Take saturation flow of each direction of road 1 and 2 as 3675 PCU/hr and 1890 PCU/hr respectively. Amber time 3 sec, lost time 2 sec per phase for both the roads.

Road 1 and Road 2 each run in one phase, so this is a two-phase signal. The design hour flows of the two approaches of each road are given and the saturation flow is the same for both directions of a road (3675 and 1890 PCU/h).

Step 1: Flow ratios

Flow ratio y=q/sy = q/s for each approach; the larger value in a phase is the critical one.

PhaseApproachqsy = q/s
Phase 1Road 1 (850)85036750.231 (critical)
Phase 1Road 1 (750)75036750.204
Phase 2Road 2 (200)20018900.106
Phase 2Road 2 (250)25018900.132 (critical)
Y=0.231+0.132=0.364Y = 0.231 + 0.132 = 0.364

Step 2: Lost time

Lost time per phase = start-up lost time 2 s + amber 3 s = 5 s; no all-red time is given.

L=(2.0+3.0)+(2.0+3.0)=10.0 sL = (2.0+3.0) + (2.0+3.0) = 10.0\ \text{s}

Step 3: Optimum cycle time (Webster)

C0=1.5L+51−Y=1.5(10.0)+51−0.364=31.4 sC_0 = \frac{1.5L + 5}{1 - Y} = \frac{1.5(10.0) + 5}{1 - 0.364} = 31.4\ \text{s}

Adopt C = 35 s.

Step 4: Green times

Total effective green =C−L=35−10.0=25.0= C - L = 35 - 10.0 = 25.0 s, divided in proportion to yy:

g1=yY(C−L)=0.2310.364(25.0)=15.9 sg_{1} = \frac{y}{Y}(C-L) = \frac{0.231}{0.364}(25.0) = 15.9\ \text{s} g2=yY(C−L)=0.1320.364(25.0)=9.1 sg_{2} = \frac{y}{Y}(C-L) = \frac{0.132}{0.364}(25.0) = 9.1\ \text{s}

Displayed green G=g+G = g + start-up loss (so that ∑G+∑I+R=C\sum G + \sum I + R = C):

PhaseEffective g (s)Start-up loss (s)Green G (s)Amber (s)
Phase 115.92.0183
Phase 29.12.0113

Check: 18 + 3 + 11 + 3 = 35 s.

Phase diagram

|      P1 green 18       |   A3  | P2 green 11  |   A3  |

✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)

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