Article ID: | iaor201527441 |
Volume: | 39 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 1 |
End Page Number: | 16 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
Journal: | Transportation Research Part D |
Authors: | Rizzo Gianfranco, Guerrieri Marco, Corriere Ferdinando, Lo Casto Barbara |
Keywords: | networks: flow, decision, geography & environment, demand, transportation: road |
This study looks at the singling out of a multi‐parameter criterion for choosing conventional or innovative roundabout layouts, by taking functional, environmental and economic aspects into consideration. The performances of three conventional roundabouts (with different lane number at entries and through the ring), turbo‐roundabouts and roundabouts with right‐turn bypass lane on all the arms (flower roundabouts) have been compared in terms of vehicle delays and pollutant (carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particle pollution (PM