Offsetting opposing left-turn lanes for intersections on horizontal curves

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 835-842

  Easa, Said M ^a   Ali, Muhammad Z A ^a   Dabbour, Essam ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highway design; Intersections; Left turns; Road curves; Sight distances

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALCULATIONS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LEFT TURNS; ROAD CURVES; SIGHT DISTANCES;

INTERSECTIONS;

TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27644587857     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:11(835)     Document Type: Article

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