Dilemmas of intersection queue length estimation in traffic capacity analyses

• Autorzy: Iwanowicz Damian , Ostrowski Krzysztof

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/ace.2025.153348

Warianty tytułu

PL

Dylematy poprawnego szacowania długości kolejek pojazdów w analizach przepustowości skrzyżowań

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Residual queues are one of fundamental traffic quantities indicating the traffic performance of signalized road intersections. Intersection queues indicate traffic congestion, i.e., traffic jams building up on the road system. Accurate queue length estimation is an essential part of road intersection and system performance assessments and the associated decision-making process. This is particularly important in the geometric design of intersections and in arterial congestion analyses. The analyses and comparisons presented in this article relate mainly to the new Polish guidelines for performing road traffic measurements (WR-D-12). Alternative ways of estimating queues were also checked in terms of their estimation accuracy. The first part of article gives a review of the literature on the traffic queue estimation methods. Then, own research results were characterized to show the complexity of the issue of residual queues at signalized intersections. Further on, different vehicle queue estimation approaches are analyzed, including the guidance provided in WR-D-12. A comparative analysis of empirical data obtained on a few intersections was conducted at this point of our study. The final part of this article includes the authors’ conclusions and recommendations for correct estimation and accurate determination of residual vehicles number for traffic capacity analyses.

PL

Kolejki pozostające są jedną z podstawowych wielkości miar warunków ruchu drogowych skrzyżowań wyposażonych w sygnalizację świetlną. Kolejki te parametryzują stan zatoru drogowego, tzn. świadczą o przeciążeniu ruchowym. Dokładne oszacowanie długości kolejki jest istotną częścią oceny wydajności tych skrzyżowań oraz układu drogowego oraz podejmowanych kierunków usprawnień podejmowanych na ich podstawie. Jest to szczególnie ważne w projektowaniu geometrycznym skrzyżowań oraz w analizach zatłoczenia arterii. Przedstawione w artykule analizy i porównania odnoszą się głównie do nowych polskich wytycznych wykonywania pomiarów ruchu drogowego (WR-D-12), odnoszących się m.in. do badań kolejek na skrzyżowaniach z sygnalizacją świetlną. Sprawdzono również alternatywne sposoby szacowania kolejek pod kątem ich dokładności. Pierwsza część artykułu zawiera przegląd literatury dotyczącej metod estymacji kolejek. Następnie scharakteryzowano wyniki badań własnych, aby pokazać złożoność zagadnienia kolejek pozostających, formujących się na skrzyżowaniach z sygnalizacją świetlną. W dalszej części przeanalizowano różne sposoby określania tych kolejek pojazdów, w tym zawarte w WR-D-12. Na tym etapie przeprowadzono analizę porównawczą danych empirycznych uzyskanych z kilku skrzyżowań. Ostatnia część artykułu zawiera wnioski i zalecenia autorów dotyczące prawidłowego szacowania oraz dokładnego określania długości kolejek pozostających na potrzeby analiz przepustowości.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vehicle queue; traffic lights; traffic survey

PL

kolejka pojazdów; sygnalizacja świetlna; pomiar ruchu drogowego

• Wydawca: Komitet Inżynierii Lądowej i Wodnej PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej
• Czasopismo: Archives of Civil Engineering
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 71, nr 1
• Strony: 523--541
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 65 poz., il., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Iwanowicz Damian

• Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Bydgoszcz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-6341

autor

Ostrowski Krzysztof

• Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3117-7699

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