Study on the setting method of non-motorized vehicle secondary crossing waiting area in Shijiazhuang City

About 40% of all the trips in Shijiazhuang City are non-motorized. In practice, various channelization methods, mainly based on reservoir type, have been used, but there has been no in-depth theoretical exploration and quantitative analysis. Based on the signal phase sequence conditions, saturation conditions, accommodation rate conditions, motor vehicle flow conditions, land available area, and other factors, the non-motorized waiting area is summarised as five types of reservoirs and three types of right-turn drainage islands; hence, this paper systematically investigates the setup conditions for each kind of non-motorized waiting area. By means of simulation experiments, the efficacy of the suggested configuration approach is confirmed by considering the real intersection in Shijiazhuang City as an example. The results indicate that a reasonably designed waiting area for non-motorized vehicles can effectively reduce delays and increase their throughput.