1 INTERCHANGE OF A NEW GENERATION PINAVIA 2 3 StanislovasButeliauskas 4 The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania 5 Šilo 5A, LT-10322, Vilnius, Lithuania 6 Phone: +370 212 103 553 7 Email:
[email protected] 8 9 AušriusJuozapavi čius , corresponding author 10 The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania 11 Šilo 5A, LT-10322, Vilnius, Lithuania 12 Phone: +370 212 103 555 13 Email:
[email protected] 14 15 16 Word count: 3,110 words text + 7 tables/figures x 250 words each = 4,860 words 17 18 19 Submission date: June 15, 2014 Buteliauskas, Juozapavi čius 2 20 ABSTRACT 21 A new two-level interchange of a unique design called PINAVIA is presented. The new 22 interchange is functionally similar to a conventional four-level stacked interchange: transport flows do 23 not intersect, the driving speed in all directions can be equal to the speeds of the intersecting roads, and 24 the design allows arbitrary capacity in any direction. The PINAVIA design makes it possible to utilize the 25 center area of the junction making it unique in its class. As a consequence, it is a natural component of a 26 Park&Ride system, where private cars can be parked and public transport hubs created. Easy access 27 without intersections to the center area makes it possible to create additional infrastructure with new 28 working places. A new city transportation strategy can be implemented using several PINAVIA 29 interchanges around a city, which could substantially reduce traffic in the city center. Alternative 30 interchange designs are also possible based on the same principles of PINAVIA: designs for three or five 31 roads, elliptical versions, and mirrored versions.