Evaluation of alternative intersections and interchanges: volume 1--roundabout capacity and rollover analysis for heavy vehicles.

AP Tarko, MA Romero, T Hall, SA Matin, CG Lizarazo - 2015 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
There is a recent trend of building roundabouts on high‐speed roads, often with the
considerable presence of heavy vehicles. With the increased presence of trucks on …

Accommodation of large trucks in roundabouts: motor carrier perspective

L Park, D Pierce - Transportation research record, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Roundabouts increasingly are used as alternatives for signalized and stop-controlled
intersections in the United States, where nearly 200 new roundabouts are constructed every …

Rollover Propensity of Heavy Vehicles at Roundabouts: Case Study on High-and Low-Speed Roads

T Hall, A Tarko, M Romero - Transportation Research …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In Indiana, roundabout construction recently commenced on high-speed roadways (ie, with
posted speed limits of 50 mph or higher), many carrying significant truck traffic. Studies show …

Empirical estimation of capacity for roundabouts using adjusted gap-acceptance parameters for trucks

J Dahl, C Lee - Transportation research record, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the effect of heavy vehicles (trucks) on the entry capacity of
roundabouts. Vehicle movements were observed at 11 roundabouts in Vermont, Wisconsin …

Using vehicle simulations to understand strategies for accommodating oversize, overweight vehicles at roundabouts

RP Godavarthy, E Russell, D Landman - Transportation Research Part A …, 2016 - Elsevier
There is considerable evidence that roundabouts are the safest and most efficient form of
traffic control for most intersections. The potential use of roundabouts with all their inherent …

THREE-LANING A TWO-LANE ROUNDABOUT-THE OUTCOMES!

A O'Brien, R Akcelik, D Williamson… - Institute of Transportation …, 1997 - trid.trb.org
In 1995, VicRoads, the State Road Authority, was faced with a decision to upgrade an
existing highly congested two-lane roundabout in the fast growing outer suburbs of …

Impact of including exiting vehicles in single-lane roundabout capacity models

W Suh, C Barry, L Schmitt, J Anderson… - Transportation …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Roundabouts are classified as alternative intersection forms because they provide
operational conditions not found at conventional intersections (eg, a low-speed environment …

Utilization of gaps at single-lane roundabouts

NP Belz, A Yang - Transportation research record, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of gap acceptance behavior at roundabout entries is important for both capacity
and safety analysis. Although considerable research exists on the relative size of vehicular …

Capacity Models for American Roundabouts

A Flannery, L Elefteriadou - … Board Highway Capacity and Quality of …, 1998 - trid.trb.org
The capacity for single lane roundabouts in the US is currently not well documented due to a
limited number of sites and their short histories. A detailed database has been developed for …

High-capacity roundabout intersection analysis: going around in circles

D Stanek, R Milam - Transportation research circular, 2005 - safetylit.org
Roundabouts have become increasingly popular in recent years as an innovative
operational and safety solution at both low volume and high volume intersections. And while …