Operational and safety effects of U-turns at signalized intersections

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1912, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Carter, Daniel ^a   Hummer, Joseph E ^b   Foyle, Robert S ^b   Phillips, Stacie ^c  

^a Univ of North Carolina Highway   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box B601 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CROSS-SECTION; U-TURN COLLISION; U-TURN PROBLEM SITES; VEHICULAR SAFETY;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 27944492430     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1912-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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