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**Scenario-I Scenario-II Decrease (%)**

Average delay time per vehicle (s) 166.21 158.96 4.36 Average number of stops per vehicle 3.08 2.82 8.44 Average speed (km/h) 11.24 11.71 −4.18 Average stopped delay per vehicle (s) 128.77 123.32 4.23 Total delay time (h) 285.29 269.75 5.45 Number of stops 19033 17198 9.64 Total stopped delay (h) 221.02 209.26 5.32 Total travel time (h) 334.97 319.12 4.73

**Table 4** shows that the number of stops in the intersection may be decreased by about 10% while the total delay time decreases by about 5%. Meanwhile, the average travel speed in the study intersection increases by about 4% in comparison with Scenario-I. Therefore, it may be stated that the traffic congestion may be reduced, and performance of the road network could

This study aimed to apply SG strategies to the land use planning process and evaluate the accuracy of land use planning decisions in the perspective of sustainable transportation. In order to reveal the effects of land use planning decisions on the available transportation infrastructure, a signal-controlled intersection serving heavy traffic volumes between three major/urban arterials was selected as the field of study, and two scenarios were investigated for 2030. In the first scenario, the conventional land use planning decisions were applied while the SG strategies were taken into account in the second one. Traffic volumes along the approaches of the study intersection were calculated in the SUE manner which considers the perception errors of drivers' route choice behaviors. Then, VISSIM traffic simulations were made for providing visual analyses and quantitative evaluations of the performance indica‐ tors. The results showed that the traffic volumes along the approaches of the study intersec‐ tion may be reduced from 6% to 35% and the number of stops in the intersection may be decreased by about 10% while the total delay time decreased by about 5% with the applica‐

Scientific Research Foundation of the Pamukkale University with the Project No. 2015-BSP-002

**Table 4.** Performance indicators for scenarios.

tion of SG land use planning strategies.

**Acknowledgements**

is acknowledged.

**4. Conclusions**

330 Sustainable Urbanization

be improved by applying the SG land use planning strategies.

Gorkem Gulhan1\* and Huseyin Ceylan2

