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US-52 INTERSECTION Devin Huesman dhuesman@purdue.edu Tyler Comstock tmcomsto@purdue.edu Jacob Kwilasz jkwilasz@purdue.edu Jenni Morsches jmorsche@purdue.edu

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Project Objectives -To analyze the Northbound left turn lane at US-52 and Cumberland Road -Evaluate the wait times at the intersection peak hours -Evaluate the capacity of the left-turn lane and its effectiveness -Analyze other alternatives to using the left-turn lane

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Map of Intersection

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Data Collection Plan Monday October 12 th, 2009 5:15 6:15 Tasks Count Length of Left Turn Measure Queue Times Count Number of Vehicles Making a U-Turn on Cumberland

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Entering Volume

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Wait Times

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Queue Length

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Expectations We expect to get a quantitative analysis of this intersection during its peak hour We expect ~5% of the vehicles to make a U- Turn on Cumberland We expect a minimum wait time of 2 light cycles to get through the intersection

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Actual Results We saw a slightly smaller number of U-turns than expected. The majority of vehicles sat through a maximum of 1 cycle.