Highway-rail quad gate operation time by system simulation of dynamic dilemma zone

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-261

  Moon, Young J ^a   Coleman III , Fred ^b  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gates; Railroad grade crossings; Simulation models; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PASSENGER CARS;

HIGHWAY-RAIL INTERSECTIONS (HRI);

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; PLANNING METHOD; RAILWAY; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038630729     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:3(253)     Document Type: Article

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