Traffic Signal Warrants

In 2003, Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) published the Canadian Traffic Signal Warrant Procedure which presents the results of a review of practice for determining traffic signal warrants, an evaluation of different methodologies and a new traffic signal warrant methodology approved for inclusion in TAC's Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Since issuing the warrant procedure, some jurisdictions have conducted a reassessment of intersections yielding results that suggest some refinement to the warrant model is required. The objective of this proposed project would be to refine the model such that it considers a movement-by-movement conflict cross-product rather than the present main street-side street cross-product. Initial investigations of this approach show promise although more investigation is required. The deliverable of this project will be revisions to the 2003 report and warrant procedure as well as the CD ROM support software.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  City of Oakville

  Oakville,   Canada 

  Regional Municipality of Halifax

  Halifax,   Canada 

  City of Edmonton

  11th Floor, Century Place
  9803 - 102 A Avenue
  Edmonton, Alberta    T5J 3A3

  City of Calgary

  Calgary, Alberta  Canada 

  Alberta Transportation

  Technical Standards Branch
  1st Floor, 4999-98 Avenue
  Edmonton, Alberta    T6B 2X3
• Project Managers:

  GUEBERT, A

• Performing Organizations:

  Earth Tech Canada Incorporated

  ,    

  Transportation Association of Canada

  2323 St Laurent Boulevard
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1G 4J8
• Start Date: 20040000
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070000
• Source Data: RiP Project 27445

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Evaluation and assessment; Mathematical models; Traffic signals; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 9020: Evaluation (assessment)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01461160
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:40PM