Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles

The main elements of urban transport infrastructure include: the street network with intersections, bridges, viaducts, flyovers, vehicular traffic tunnels. Unsignalized four-leg intersections and roundabouts is the largest “saturated transport flow” of the street network. Roundabouts which were desi...

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Main Authors: Henrikas Sivilevičius, Gražvydas Paliulis, Antanas Klibavičius, Vytautas Palevičius
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Language:English
Published: Riga Technical University Press 2015-06-01
Series:The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
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Online Access:https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3433
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author Henrikas Sivilevičius
Gražvydas Paliulis
Antanas Klibavičius
Vytautas Palevičius
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description The main elements of urban transport infrastructure include: the street network with intersections, bridges, viaducts, flyovers, vehicular traffic tunnels. Unsignalized four-leg intersections and roundabouts is the largest “saturated transport flow” of the street network. Roundabouts which were designed as far back as 1970–1980 were wellfunctioning when the car ownership level was 180–200 veh/1000 inhabitants. Currently, when the level of car ownership comes to 520–560 veh/1000 inhabitants, unsignalized roundabouts operate in the “oversaturated flows” regime. The research results of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and other universities showed that when designing new or reconstructing existing intersections the indicators of territorial planning, transport planning, environmental protection, traffic safety should be considered. As a common indicator for assessing all other indicators a monetization (estimation in monetary terms) should be used. When preparing projects for intersection reconstruction it is recommended to apply a new method of intersection analysis and evaluation based on the principles of sustainable develop- ment of urban transport infrastructure.
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spelling doaj-art-286288a04924420a80db6374dfc86e442025-01-02T15:53:00ZengRiga Technical University PressThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering1822-427X1822-42882015-06-0110216617310.3846/bjrbe.2015.211877Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development PrinciplesHenrikas Sivilevičius0Gražvydas Paliulis1Antanas Klibavičius2Vytautas Palevičius3Dept of Transport Technological Equipment, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Plytinės g. 27, 10105 Vilnius, LithuaniaDept of Urban Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, 10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaDept of Urban Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, 10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaDept of Urban Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, 10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaThe main elements of urban transport infrastructure include: the street network with intersections, bridges, viaducts, flyovers, vehicular traffic tunnels. Unsignalized four-leg intersections and roundabouts is the largest “saturated transport flow” of the street network. Roundabouts which were designed as far back as 1970–1980 were wellfunctioning when the car ownership level was 180–200 veh/1000 inhabitants. Currently, when the level of car ownership comes to 520–560 veh/1000 inhabitants, unsignalized roundabouts operate in the “oversaturated flows” regime. The research results of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and other universities showed that when designing new or reconstructing existing intersections the indicators of territorial planning, transport planning, environmental protection, traffic safety should be considered. As a common indicator for assessing all other indicators a monetization (estimation in monetary terms) should be used. When preparing projects for intersection reconstruction it is recommended to apply a new method of intersection analysis and evaluation based on the principles of sustainable develop- ment of urban transport infrastructure.https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3433territorial planningroundaboutsecologicaltraffic safetyrecreational indicatorsmonetization of indicators
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Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
territorial planning
roundabouts
ecological
traffic safety
recreational indicators
monetization of indicators
title Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
title_full Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
title_fullStr Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
title_full_unstemmed Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
title_short Research on the Operation of Roundabouts Based on the Sustainable Development Principles
title_sort research on the operation of roundabouts based on the sustainable development principles
topic territorial planning
roundabouts
ecological
traffic safety
recreational indicators
monetization of indicators
url https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3433
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