Traffic Designer
Welcome to Ottawa
Short names
Traffic Signal
100

The density at which capacity occurs for a given facility

What is critical density

100

Year the student chapter in Ottawa founded

When is 2011 (Carleton University Student Chapter was founded in 2011)



100
NHS
What is National Highway System
100

A type of actuated operation for a given phase where the phase terminates due to a lack of vehicle calls within a specific period of time (passage time).

What is gap out
200

The crossing, merging, or diverging of two traffic movements at an intersection

What is conflict
200

The CITE section Ottawa belongs to

What is National Capital

200
TCD
What is Traffic-Control Devices
200

Pedestrian clearance time should be based on this normal walking speed

What is 1.2m/s
300

A set of parallel transportation facilities

What is corridor
300

Name the past president of the CITE section Ottawa belongs to

Who is Anthony Kwok

300
FAA
What is Federal Aviation Administration
300

(Daily Double)

This color is used for pedestrian, bicycles, playground warnings

What is flourescent yellow-green

400

The product of the pedestrian service time and the number of pedestrians using a crosswalk during one signal cycle


What is crosswalk occupancy time
400

Year th CITE section Ottawa belongs to was founded

When is 1974

400
RTOR
What is Right Turn On Red
400

A type of signal control where time for each phase is at least partially controlled by detector actuations.

What is actuated signal control
500

The proportion of traffic moving in the peak direction of travel on a given roadway during the peak hour

What is D-factor (directional split)
500

The river on the northern boundary of Ottawa

What is Ottawa River



500
NAAQS
What is National Ambient Air Quality Standards
500

This occurs when the permissive left turn phase ends while the opposing through traffic continues to have a green signal indication

What is yellow trap
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