Comparison of Capacity Models for Two-Lane Roundabouts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1852, 2003, Pages 114-123

  Hagring, Ola ^a   Rouphail, Nagui M ^b   Sørensen, Henning A ^c  

^a Trivector Traffic ^*  (Sweden)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Danish Road Directorate   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY CAPACITY; LANE USAGE; LEFT TURNING VEHICLES; VOLUME ALLOCATION;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 2142646508     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1852-15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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