Geometric models to calculate intersection sight distance for unprotected left-turn traffic

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1881, 2004, Pages 46-53

  Yan, Xuedong ^a   Radwan, Essam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSENGER CARS; PROBABILITY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

GEOMETRIC MODELS; LEFT-TURN TRAFFIC; LEFT-TURNING TRUCKS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 11844270427     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1881-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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