(This is probably too high with so many intersections and no platooning, but we are imagining here that you would not be stopping.)
Assume 10 signalized intersections per km.Motor Vehicles Thought Experiments Thought Experiment 1 A Pedestrian Crossing at Broadway and City Road, Sydney. I had heard the number 20% bandied about, which feels right, but let’s first begin with some thought experiment, then look for some empirical results. they are subject to “vertical” or “stacking” queues), but clearly measurement will depend on assumption. I expect you can make this number smaller than 10% (time at the stop line) or larger than 50% (time affected by traffic lights).” For simplicity, I am considering vehicles that would be stopped if they could either move at the desired speed or must stop (i.e. Tom VanVuren notes: “Much of the impact is in slow moving queues, rather than waiting for the signal cycle to complete. This depends on your origin and destination and path and mode and time of day and local traffic signal policies and street design. With that and some additional digging, I attempt to answer the question.Īs the saying goes: Your Mileage May Vary. Transport Twitter: What percent of total travel time is spent stopped at traffic lights? Empirical results please.
I posted to Twitter and got some useful replies. While working on another piece, I came upon the question of how much time is spent at traffic lights, for which there is not a well-sourced answer.