Exploratory simulation of pedestrian crossings at roundabouts

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Rouphail, Nagui ^a   Hughes, Ron ^b   Chae, Kosok ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersections; Pedestrian safety; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; PEDESTRIAN CROSSING; SIMULATION MODELS; VEHICLE OPERATION;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

PEDESTRIAN; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14644412894     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:3(211)     Document Type: Article

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