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Signal Timing Webster

Optimum cycle length and per-phase effective green using Webster’s formula. Add lane-group critical flow ratios.

Inputs

Add critical lane group flow ratios y = q/s for each phase. Tool computes Y = Σy and optimum cycle.
Phaseq (vph)s (vph)y = q/s
Method — Webster (1958)
  • C₀ = (1.5·L + 5)/(1 − Y).
  • Effective green for phase i = (yᵢ/Y)·(C − L).
  • If Y ≥ 0.95 the system is over capacity; redesign needed.

Results

Y = Σy
Optimum cycle C₀
Recommended cycle
Effective green Σ
Phase greens