| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 121, 2017
8th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Education – MSE 2017 “Trends in New Industrial Revolution”
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| Article Number | 06003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Transport Engineering and Road Vehicles, Traffic Management | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201712106003 | |
| Published online | 09 August 2017 | |
Improving performance of roundabout intersections by optimizing traffic-flow speed
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Industrial Engineering and Management Department, 550025, Victoriei, 10, Sibiu, Romania
* Corresponding author: marinela.inta@ulbsibiu.ro
Streamlining of urban traffic influence nowadays almost everything about our modern life. The main effect, which we all feel as the daily traffic participants, either as pedestrians or vehicles drivrers, is travel time to work and back. Roundabouts intersections have a number of advantages over intersections with traffic lights, they reduce the severity of accidents, traffic speeds to provide an “calmer” road environment. So, operating performance of roundabouts are complicated, influenced by the confluence operations. The paper aims at analyzing the current situation of traffic in two crowded roundabouts in Sibiu, comparing the results with the original data and proposing solutions to improve traffic conditions and especially traffic speed. The obtained results will be the basis for improving the overall capacity of roundabouts.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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