The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidance on methodologies that can be used for estimating intersection turning movements and techniques for balancing turning movements.

This chapter highlights the practices for developing future year intersection turning movements, including a user’s guide to TURNS5-V2014 and TMTool. It explains the following:

  • Background
  • TURNS5-V2014
  • TMTool
  • Methods in NCHRP Report 765
  • Manual Method
  • Summary of Techniques