Research Article

Operational Evaluation of a Throughabout to Give Priority to Public Transport at Standard Roundabouts

Table 4

The inputs calibrated in the AIMSUN software for the roundabouts of Mashhad.

AgentParametersMeanStd. dev.MinMaxReference

CarLength (m)4.140.283.834.52[29]
Width (m)1.650.041.61.75

DriverGive way time (s)9.53.3315
Minimum gap (s)1.10.620.243.5
Reaction time when stopping (s)1[30]
[31]
Reaction time behind lights (s)1
Sensitivity for imprudent lane changing (s)1
Red percentage (%)12
Undertaking cases (%)70
Imprudent lane changing cases (%)50
Stay on fast lane after overtaking (%)80

BusScheduleN-S0:01:200:00:05n.a.Mashhad Bus Organization (MBO)
E-W0:03:550:00:10
Stop time (sec)N-S103n.a.
E-W103

n.a.: not applicable.