Potential effects of wet conditions on signalized intersection LOS

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 898-903

  Prevedouros, Panos D ^a   Chang, Kerwin ^a,b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b Austin Tsutsumi and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersections; Traffic management; Traffic signals; Weather

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; RAIN; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS); SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

INTERSECTIONS;

PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WEATHER;

EID: 28844466466     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:12(898)     Document Type: Article

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