Article from issue CAD & GIS for roads. — 2013. — No.1(1)

The justification of width and number of lanes on traffic circles

DOI: 10.17273/CADGIS.2013.1.5

  • P.A. Elugachev, Ph.D., chief executive officer (CEO) of Indor-Most LLC (Tomsk, Russia)
  • M.A. Katasonov, chief technical officer (CTO) of Indor-Kuzbass LLC (Kemerovo, Russia)
  • M.A. Elugachev, head of section of Indor-Most LLC (Tomsk, Russia)

The article discusses issues related to the definition of the overall traffic lane width, taking into account the modern type of traffic. It is proposed to use the resulting dependences of overall traffic lane on the radius of central island for the calculation of the width of the traffic circle lanes and the assignment of the number of lanes.

Keywords

round-about, circle road crossection, etalon car, turning radius, CAD, computer-aided design, computer-aided road design, roads, highways, road infrastructure

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