1. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering 3. Roundabout

2. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Roundabouts are circular intersections with 1.Yield control on all entering vehicles 2.Channelized approaches 3.Appropriate geometric curvature to ensure travel speeds in the roundabout of 30 mph (50km/hr) or less Background

3. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Old type was called conventional roundabout There are 3 types of roundabout: Normal roundabout It has a one – way circulating carriageway around a kerbed central island. The entries may or may not have flared approaches. (Preferred to be flared) In Britain the central island is normally 4m or more in diameter and the entries are flared. Mini roundabout It has a one – way circulating carriageway around a flush or slightly raised circular marking less than 4m in diameter. The entries may or may not have flared approaches. Double roundabout It has two normal or mini roundabouts either contiguous (having a common border) or connected by a central link road or kerbed island. Background

4. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Normal Roundabout

5. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Normal Roundabout

6. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Normal Roundabout

7. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Mini Roundabout

8. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Double Mini Roundabout

9. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Double Mini Roundabout

10. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Double Normal Roundabout

11. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Double Normal Roundabout

12. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Grade Separated Roundabout

13. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Grade Separated Roundabout

14. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Mini roundabouts can be particularly effective in : -Improving existing urban junctions that experience capacity and safety problems. -It is only used when speed limit is < or = 48 km/h. Double roundabouts have a number of special applications:.at an awkward (uncomfortable) site such as a scissors junction.at an existing staggered junction.at overloaded single roundabouts..at junctions with more than four entries. Background

15. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Other types of roundabout: -Signalised roundabout that has traffic signals installed on one or more of the approach arms. -Grade separated roundabouts which has at least one entry road via an interconnecting slip road from a road at a different level, e.g. underpasses, flyovers. Background

16. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Why Roundabouts are Safer

17. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Data Requirements for Capacity calculation 1.Movement traffic flow (Left, Right, Through, U-Turn) 2.Circulating flow 3.Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) 4.Geometric data

18. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Data Requirements (Circulating flow)

19. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Data Requirements (Circulating flow)

20. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Capacity Roundabout approach capacity is dependent on 1.the conflicting circulating flow and 2.the roundabout’s geometric elements. Roundabouts should be designed to operate at no more than 85 percent of their estimated capacity. Beyond this threshold, delays and queues vary significantly from their mean values.

21. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering British Method for Capacity Calculation The capacity is linearly dependent upon circulating flow crossing the entry. Where: Qe = Entry capacity (pcu/h); Qc = Circulating flow across the entry (pcu/h);

22. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering British Method for Capacity Calculation Geometric Factors affecting the capacity of a roundabout: 1.Inscribed circle diameter D (m) 2.width of flare of each entry. E (m), 3.Approach width v (m) 4.effective length over which flare is developed l 1 (m) 5.entry angle (  ) 6.entry radius (r) (m).

23. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering

24. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering British Method for Capacity Calculation

25. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering British Method for Capacity Calculation Q e =Entry capacity in pcu/h Q c =Circulating flow across the entry in pcu/h K=constant F=the intercept f c =the slope

26. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering British Method for Capacity Calculation

27. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering The Ration of Flow to Capacity The (RFC) is an indicator of the likely performance of a junction under a future year traffic loading. Due to site-to-site variations, there is a standard error of prediction of the entry capacity by the formulae of  15% for any site. Thus RFC = Flow / Capacity should be < 85%

28. Dr. Essam Almasri Advanced Traffic Engineering Example : Find the capacity of arm A if : Flow ( Q c ) =230 veh/h Slope( f c ) = 0.8 Intercept (F) = 2371 K=0.99 ( Answer: Q e =2165pcu/h ) For grade – separated roundabouts If the demand flow is 1900 pcu/h. Find the RFC and comment on the results. ( Answer: RFC=0.88  88% > 85, Not good )