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It was explained in Chapter 35 that the capacity of an approach is dependent on the lost time during the cycle. When the whole intersection is considered the capacity is also dependent on the total lost time on all the phases because the remainder of the time is shared equally between the phases and used as running time.
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Salter, R.J. (1996). The ultimate capacity of the whole intersection. In: Highway Traffic Analysis and Design. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13423-6_40
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