Critical gap as a function of waiting time in determining roundabout capacity

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 504-509

  Polus, Abishai ^a   Lazar, Sitvanit Shmueli ^b   Livneh, Moshe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EngArchitectsSurveyors/ConsultLtd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intersection; Time factors; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; HUMAN REACTION TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ROUNDABOUTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141454748     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:5(504)     Document Type: Article

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