- 2081 Bhadra · 8 marks
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 for each approach; the larger value in a phase is the critical one.
| Phase | Approach | q | s | y = q/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Road 1 (850) | 850 | 3675 | 0.231 (critical) |
| Phase 1 | Road 1 (750) | 750 | 3675 | 0.204 |
| Phase 2 | Road 2 (200) | 200 | 1890 | 0.106 |
| Phase 2 | Road 2 (250) | 250 | 1890 | 0.132 (critical) |
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.
Step 3: Optimum cycle time (Webster)
Adopt C = 35 s.
Step 4: Green times
Total effective green s, divided in proportion to :
Displayed green start-up loss (so that ):
| Phase | Effective g (s) | Start-up loss (s) | Green G (s) | Amber (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 15.9 | 2.0 | 18 | 3 |
| Phase 2 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 11 | 3 |
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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