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Roundabouts: Figure 1. Basic Geometric Elements of A Roundabout

Roundabouts are circular intersections that allow vehicles to merge and circulate around a central island. There are two types: large roundabouts that require separate capacity calculations for each weaving section, and small roundabouts that may be widened at entrances. Formulas are provided to calculate elements like circulatory roadway width, weaving length, and capacity for both types based on factors like lane widths, diameters, and coefficients of effectiveness.

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Roundabouts: Figure 1. Basic Geometric Elements of A Roundabout

Roundabouts are circular intersections that allow vehicles to merge and circulate around a central island. There are two types: large roundabouts that require separate capacity calculations for each weaving section, and small roundabouts that may be widened at entrances. Formulas are provided to calculate elements like circulatory roadway width, weaving length, and capacity for both types based on factors like lane widths, diameters, and coefficients of effectiveness.

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Roundabouts

Figure 1. Basic geometric elements of a roundabout


Merging out
(diverging)
Merging in
Crossing

3-armed intersection

Merging out
(diverging)
Merging in
Crossing

4-armed intersection

Figure 2. Conflict points on a roundabout

On large roundabouts, capacity should be calculated seperately for each weaving section. The
diameter of the inclined circle is greater than 20 m. Circulatory roadway width is calculated as follows
(dependent on number and width of lanes connecting to intersection):
1 n
B  bi
4 i 1
(9.1)

The weaving length is found by using the following formulas:


D
R  B (9.2)
2
Ç  2  R (9.3)
n
Ç   bi
lw  i 1
(9.4)
n
On small roundabouts, widening might be implemented at the entrance of small roundabouts. The capacity
of these intersections are calculated as:

n 
Q  k   b i  A  (9.5)
 i 1 
A  a1  a 2  a 3  a 4 (9.6)
Here;
A is the total widening implemented for the design of the intersection.
k is a coefficient of effectiveness in units of “unit vehicle/hour-meter”. As could be understood from its
unit, it is a specific capacity value for unit road width.
It takes value of
k= 80 uv/hr-m, at 3 armed intersections.
k=60 uv/hr-m, at 4 armed intersections.
k=55 uv/hr-m, at 5 armed intersections.
bi is the width of all roads connecting to this intersection.

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