Publication
An analytical lane-based method for determining platoon patterns at closely-spaced signalised intersections is discussed. The method has been developed for the SIDRA INTERSECTION software. The traditional network models using "links" or "lane groups" based on aggregation of individual lane conditions cannot provide sufficient information about departure and arrival patterns, queue lengths, lane blockage probabilities, backward spread of queues, and so on at a lane level. These are important in modelling signal platoon patterns for estimating performance measures (delay, back of queue, stop