Traffic flow simulated on 30 different kinds of 4-way junctions
Here’s a really fascinating animation and analysis of traffic flows with different intersection methodologies. More interesting is that they were done with off-the-shelf steam games/tools found on Steam. I think
Network Extensions 2
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=812125426
Traffic Manager: President Edition
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=583429740
Some interesting observations:
- 4 way intersections with lights (235 cars/min) is only slightly better than a no light free-for-all (191 car/min)
- Standard roundabouts with stops are really horrible, but get pretty interesting and good with a few simple improvements
- There’s a lot of interesting junction/interchange types I’ve never seen before