Midblock U–turn facilities on multilane divided highways: an assessment of driver’s merging gap and stop delays

• Main Authors: Che Puan, Othman, Ismail, Che Ros, Hainin, Mohd. Rosli, Minhans, Anil, Muhamad Nor, Nur Syahriza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56101/1/OthmanChePuan2015_MidblockU%E2%80%93TurnFacilitiesonMultilaneDivided.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56101/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5836
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper discusses the results of a study which was carried out with a primary objective to evaluate the merging gaps and traffic delays at midblock U–turn facilities installed on multilane divided highways. A total of more than 2,000 U–turn drivers at a midblock U–turn facility on an urban multil...