Bester, C.J.Meyers, W.L.2008-06-092008-06-092007-07Bester, CJ & Meyers, WL 2007,'Saturation flow rates', Paper presented to the 26th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 9 - 12 July 2007. 7p.192001702Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/5838This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: doctech@doctech.co.za URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaPaper presented at the 26th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 9 - 12 July 2007 "The challenges of implementing policy?", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.ABSTRACT: For the calculation of delays and Level of Service at intersections it is important that the correct saturation flow rates for the specific circumstances be used. As a result of a lack of local data practitioners would often use default values from overseas software developers. This can lead to wrong results and inappropriate decisions based thereon. In a recent study in the vicinity of Stellenbosch the saturation flow rates at a number of intersections were determined. The following situations were observed: • Turning movement (through or right); • Gradient (Up and down); • Number of through lanes (1 and 2); and • Speed limit (60 and 80 km/h) From the results it is clear that there are significant differences between the saturation flow rates when the conditions of the movements are different in terms of the above characteristics. In the paper the background to the study, references to earlier research and the results of this study are given. Recommendations are made as to the most appropriate values to be used under different conditions.350346 bytesapplication/pdfenUniversity of PretoriaTransport policiesTraffic engineeringIntersectionTraffic flowTransportation -- South Africa -- CongressesTraffic flow -- South Africa -- CongressesRoads --Interchanges and intersections -- South Africa -- CongressesEvent