Operational effects of U-turns as alternatives to direct left turns from driveways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1796, 2002, Pages 72-79

  Zhou, Huaguo ^a   Lu, Jian John ^a,b   Yang, Xiao Kuan ^a   Dissanayake, Sunanda ^a   Williams, Kristine M ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRIVEWAYS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; IMPROVEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIRECT LEFT TURNS; MULTILANE HIGHWAYS; ROADWAY OPERATIONS; U-TURNS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0036944050     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1796-08     Document Type: Article

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