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Research of the left-turn vehicles lane-changing behaviors at signalized intersections with contraflow lane

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  • Fu, Ding-Jun
  • Zhang, Cun-Bao
  • Liu, Jun
  • Li, Tao
  • Li, Qi-Lang

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The design of contraflow left-turn (CL) lane has effectively improved the capacity of left-turn vehicles at signalized intersections and has been widely used. Existing studies have focused more on the coordination and optimization of the main signal and pre-signal as well as capacity, delay time and queue dissipation. However, the vehicles lane-changing behaviors for CL lane design have not been adequately studied. Therefore, it is necessary to study of left-turn vehicles lane-changing behaviors at signalized intersections with contraflow lane and the traffic evolution law of the road. In this study, a cellular automaton (CA) model that simulates left-turn traffic flow at signalized intersections with CL lane was developed and verified by field data. Various factors are considered, including the length of CL lane and lane-changing area, as well as the location of the vehicles. The simulation results show that the density distribution of traditional left-turn (TL) lane is more influenced by the length of the lane-changing area when the probability of vehicle injection is small (α≤0.1). Furthermore, when the probability of vehicle injection is larger (α>0.1), the density distribution of CL lanes is more influenced by length of the lane-changing area. In addition, the departure ratios of CL and TL lanes is close to 50% when the probability of vehicles injection and length of the lane-changing area are larger (α>0.1and LB≥20cells), which is almost consistent with the peak hour vehicle departure ratios in the real scenario. Finally, this study can provide a reference for the actual application of CL lane design.

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  • Fu, Ding-Jun & Zhang, Cun-Bao & Liu, Jun & Li, Tao & Li, Qi-Lang, 2024. "Research of the left-turn vehicles lane-changing behaviors at signalized intersections with contraflow lane," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 633(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:633:y:2024:i:c:s0378437123009196
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2023.129364
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