Geometric models to calculate left-turn sight distance for signalized intersections on horizontal curves

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 683-690

  Yan, Xuedong ^a   Radwan, Essam ^a   Birriel, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Highway safety; Intersections; Left turns; Traffic signals

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

HIGHWAY SAFETY; LEFT-TURN SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

GEOMETRY; MODEL; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 33747236683     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:9(683)     Document Type: Article

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