Research Article
The Implications of Converting a High-Volume Multilane Roundabout into a Turbo Roundabout
Table 2
Turning movement counts (TMCs) during peak hours.
| Turning movement counts (TMCs) in the AM peak hour (vph) |
| Approach | North approach (Al Kindi street) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 109 | 312 | 200 | 0 | 621 | 9.87% | Approach | East approach (Salwa road) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 102 | 1560 | 539 | 1 | 2202 | 35.01% | Approach | South approach (Ibn Seena street) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 510 | 292 | 282 | 0 | 1084 | 17.24% | Approach | West approach (Aalwa road) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 97 | 1907 | 372 | 6 | 2382 | 37.88% | Movement total | 818 | 4071 | 1393 | 7 | 6289 | 100.00% |
| Traffic movement counts (TMCs) in the PM peak hour (vph) |
| Approach | North approach (Al Kindi street) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 138 | 391 | 266 | 0 | 795 | 13.86% | Approach | East approach (Salwa road) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 32 | 1343 | 497 | 3 | 1875 | 32.70% | Approach | South approach (Ibn Seena street) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 422 | 467 | 304 | 0 | 1193 | 20.81% | Approach | West approach (Salwa road) | Movement | R | TH | L | U | Approach total | Percentage | Number of vehicles | 131 | 1482 | 257 | 1 | 1871 | 32.63% | Movement total | 723 | 3683 | 1324 | 4 | 5734 | 100.00% |
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