Traffic Signal Timing: adjustment_factor

HCM 6th Edition (TRB 2016) traffic signal timing parameters — base saturation flow rates, adjustment factors (lane width fw, heavy vehicles fHV, grade fg, parking fp, bus blockage fbb, area type fa, turning fLT/fRT), LOS thresholds A–F by control delay, startup and clearance lost time, yellow/all-red interval design values, pedestrian WALK and FDW timing (MUTCD 2009), Webster optimal cycle length parameters, and v/c ratio thresholds.

Civil Engineeringparameter_type: adjustment_factor2 rows
parameter typerecord iddescriptionnotesunitvalue max (varies)value typical (varies)
adjustment_factorfa_cbdfa for CBD area typeAccounts for higher pedestrian conflicts, congestion, and blockage in CBDdimensionless0.90.9
adjustment_factorfa_non_cbdfa for non-CBD area typeReference condition for suburban and rural locationsdimensionless11

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