Designing an Emergency Traffic Signal System (ETSS): A Case Study of an Intersection Along U.S.1, Fairfax County, Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorMohammed, Taqhiuddinen
dc.contributor.committeechairCollura, Johnen
dc.contributor.committeememberTignor, Samuel C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTeordorovic, Dusanen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:39:19Zen
dc.date.adate2003-07-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:39:19Zen
dc.date.issued2003-02-13en
dc.date.rdate2004-07-10en
dc.date.sdate2003-06-04en
dc.description.abstractAccess to highways from a local firehouse is a major problem for emergency services. Motorists often do not see flashing lights or hear sirens from the approaching emergency vehicles (EV) until emergency vehicles reach the highway entrance, often too late to take appropriate action. Many locations have installed special signals called emergency traffic signal systems (ETSS) or used signal preemption to notify motorists and to stop traffic to allow the emergency vehicle to enter the highway safely. This thesis will examine the effectiveness of one such installation at the intersection along U.S.1 at Beedo Street and some of the impacts it has on highway traffic. The evaluation of the said installation is carried out in terms of delay to EV; conflict potential between EV and other vehicles and response of the motorists to the ETSS. This thesis also proposes two alternative designs of ETSS to improve the existing signal system.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06042003-094343en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06042003-094343/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33411en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectemergency equipment stationen
dc.subjecttraffic signal preemptionen
dc.subjecthard-wired preemptionen
dc.subjectemergency traffic signal systemen
dc.titleDesigning an Emergency Traffic Signal System (ETSS): A Case Study of an Intersection Along U.S.1, Fairfax County, Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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