M in o r - R o a d V o lu m e ( o n e d ir e c tio n ) , v e h /h

Figure 2 - 4. Guideline for determining minor-road approach geometry at two-way stop-controlled intersections.

INPUT
Variable Value
Major-road volume (total of both directions), veh/h: 500
Percentage of right-turns on minor road, %: 20%
Minor-road volume (one direction), veh/h: 200

OUTPUT
Variable Value
500
Cons ider two approac h lanes
Limiting minor-road volume (one direction), veh/h: 297
Guidance for determining minor-road approach geometry: 400

ONE approach lane is o.k.

300

200

100
O ne approac h lane is o.k.

0
200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
CALIBRATION CONSTANTS Major-Road Volume (total of both directions), veh/h
Minor Road Critical gap, s: Follow-up gap, s:
Right-turn capacity, veh/h: 6.2 3.3
Left-turn and through capacity, veh/h: 6.5 4.0
* according to Table 17 - 5 of the HCM
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800 2000
h/h
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tcx 6.5 6.2 50% 40% 20% 20%
trx 4 3.3 0.7 "=x
Vo cl, t cr Va
200 560 961 495 470 427 427
300 493 902 446 421 379 379
400 433 846 401 377 336 336
500 380 794 360 336 297 297
600 334 744 323 300 263 263
700 293 698 289 267 232 232
800 256 654 258 237 204 204
900 224 613 230 210 180 180
1000 196 575 205 186 158 158
1100 171 539 182 165 139 139
1200 149 505 161 146 122 122
1300 130 473 143 128 107 107
1400 113 443 126 113 93 93
1500 99 415 112 99 81 81
1600 86 388 98 87 71 71
1700 74 363 86 76 62 62
1800 65 340 76 67 54 54
1900 56 318 67 58 47 47
2000 48 298 58 51 41 41
500 380 794 360 336 297 297
right turns on minor road

xt xr
0.7 0.44240 0.25760
0.7 0.45272 0.24728
0.7 0.46298 0.23702
0.7 0.47316 0.22684
0.7 0.48323 0.21677
0.7 0.49317 0.20683
0.7 0.50296 0.19704
0.7 0.51257 0.18743
0.7 0.52198 0.17802
0.7 0.53118 0.16882
0.7 0.54015 0.15985
0.7 0.54887 0.15113
0.7 0.55732 0.14268
0.7 0.56550 0.13450
0.7 0.57339 0.12661
0.7 0.58099 0.11901
0.7 0.58828 0.11172
0.7 0.59527 0.10473
0.7 0.60196 0.09804
0.7 0.47316 0.22684